Book Club with Julia and Victoria 066 We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Julia and Victoria outline the parallel narratives of We Were Eight Years In Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates: 1. The journey of Coates as a writer and thinker on the rise during Obama’s presidency, and 2. His essays unraveling the true tragedy of America’s history buried underneath the country’s larger-than-life myths.
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Mentioned in the Episode:
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ website
Article about Coates writing Superman screenplay
Becoming by Michelle Obama
"The Case for Reparations" essay by Coates
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
"How to Write a Tragic Story" by Shaunta Grimes
Recommendations:
“I Am Not Your Negro” documentary
"13TH" documentary
The Next Question series by Austin Channing Brown
The Humanity Archive podcast
Currently Obsessed:
Wingspan board game