Between the World and Me

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Name

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Author

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Year

2015

Genre

Nonfiction essay/letter

Where it hits hardest

Late-night bus ride through neighborhoods you only half-understand, watching the city blur and realizing the stakes aren’t abstract at all.

My take

Feels like being handed a letter you’re not sure you deserve to read and then realizing the discomfort is exactly the point.