Between the World and Me

Holy crap. I got maybe 70 pages through the book and it wasn't gelling for me. So I stopped and started over. This time slowing down to read it instead of simply consuming it. It's worth the effort.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie blew me away in Americanah when she said she only became black when she came to America. Now Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about those who believe they are white. Here is a raw and open letter to his 15 year old son. It is his story as a continuum, trying to understand his changing place in the American Dream.

It is beyond me to articulate the power of the book. It's an entirely readable PhD thesis. It is humbling in it's sharp eyed examination of now, and human in it's rendering of ideas. It is a fantastic read, worthy of re-reading and discussion. Wow.