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“I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world.”

February 3, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 1 Comment

Let me cut to the chase-this book is a must read. Usually when you hear about a book hyped as much as Ta-Nehishi Coates’ Between the World and Me, you’re going to be disappointed. This is the rare exception. Before I even finished the 152 page book, I knew it was the type of work that will outlive all of us, a permanent fixture on bookstore shelves and college syllabi. This book-written in the aftermath of the Ferguson protests and published ahead of schedule after […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Between the World and Me, civil rights, ferguson, Non-Fiction, Social Justice, Ta-nehisi Coates

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:19 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Between the World and Me, civil rights, ferguson, Non-Fiction, Social Justice, Ta-nehisi Coates ·
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