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Coates began writing the novel around 2008 and 2009. He had recently finished his first memoir, The Beautiful Struggle , and was encouraged by his agent to write fiction. At the time, Coates was extensively researching slavery and the Civil War.
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Sep 23, 2019 · Now 65% Off. $9 at Amazon $20 at Bookshop. This 2015 winner of the National Book Award is a profound letter written by Coates to his son about what it means to be Black in America in the 21st century—a place in which you must balance the historical trauma of your people while also finding your own purpose. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below.
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Dec 2, 2020 · The author first began writing around age 17, and went on to work for several publications, including The Village Voice and TIME, before writing three non-fiction books. In 2015, he won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for one of them: Between the World and Me , a letter written to his son about his experience as a Black man in America.
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Coates's first novel and work of fiction, The Water Dancer, was published in 2019. It is a surrealist story set in the time of slavery and centers around a superhuman protagonist named Hiram Walker who possesses photographic memory but who cannot remember his mother.
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- American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. "This story changed the way I see what it means to be a migrant in a whole new way," Oprah said of American Dirtby Jeanine Cummins, her latest Apple Book Club pick.
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- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. For her first selection of the new chapter of Oprah's Book Club with Apple, Oprah selected Ta-Nehisi Coates' first novel, The Water Dancer.
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Nov 1, 2019 · Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of The Water Dancer, Oprah's first book selection for her Apple TV+ series, Oprah's Book Club, tells Oprah: "I find that people generally want to look back at history if it makes them feel good about themselves." Oprah's Book Club, premieres exclusively on Apple TV+ on November 1. Subscribe to the live your best life ...
Sep 24, 2019 · The Water Dancer: A Novel. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Random House Publishing Group, Sep 24, 2019 - Fiction - 432 pages. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • From the...
