A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include The Water Dancer and The Message. He is currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the Sterling Brown Endowed Chair in the English department at Howard University.

The approximate run time of the event is 60 minutes with no intermission. 

“Ta-Nehisi Coates is the James Baldwin of our era.” – Isabel Wilkerson

For more information on Ta-Nehisi Coates, please visit www.prhspeakers.com. 

Moderated by Duchesne Drew, Senior Vice President at American Public Media Group and President of Minnesota Public Radio. In this role, he leads the teams that produce MPR News, The Current, APM Reports and YourClassical. Before joining American Public Media Group, Duchesne led the Bush Foundation’s leadership programs, community innovation and communication teams and built networks across the region as its Community Network vice president.

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