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Dana DesJardins asked this question about Between the World and Me:
The flyleaf posits that this book "offers a transcendent vision for a way forward." While Coates insists on self-interrogation, education, solidarity, and awareness as survival strategies, I did not find a "transcendent way forward." Some help please?
Skye Sherman Funny--I thought the exact same thing upon finishing the work. I felt it was almost ironic for this statement to appear in the flyleaf because, in a w…moreFunny--I thought the exact same thing upon finishing the work. I felt it was almost ironic for this statement to appear in the flyleaf because, in a way, it seemed to me that one of Coates's implied (and, ultimately, sobering) messages was that perhaps there is no way forward. At least, no way besides some sort of intervention of the miraculous--a possibility he systematically rejects.(less)
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by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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