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The Audio Book Club Ventures Between the World and TNC

Slate critics debate Ta-Nehisi Coates’ lyrical polemic. 

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This month Slate critics Jamelle Bouie, Meghan O’Rourke, and Katy Waldman discuss  Ta-Nehisi Coates’ searing book Between the World and Me. Does it properly belong to the genre of polemic, memoir, poetry, journalism, or something else? How does Coates make the physical experience of being black come alive? What does he mean by “the Dream,” or “the Struggle,” or even “the World”?

For more Slate coverage of Between the World and Me, check out Jack Hamilton’s review and Isaac Chotiner’s interview with Coates.

Next month the Audio Book Club will dig into Andy Weir’s The Martian. Read the book and stay tuned for our discussion in October!

Visit our Audio Book Club archive page for a complete list of the more than 75 books we’ve discussed over the years. Or you can listen to any of our previous club meetings through our iTunes feed.

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