01275nam a22001577a 4500 68148 68148 978-0593230381 306.4 Coates, Ta-Nehisi The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates 1st New York Random House 2024 105 Pages 20x14 cm PB "Published in 2024, Ta-Nehisi Coates's The Message is a collection of four essays built around his travels to Dakar, Senegal; Chapin, South Carolina; Israel; and Palestine. Coates is a celebrated writer whose work on race, history, and writing has garnered him a National Book Award for Nonfiction, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and nominations for excellence in journalism and fiction. In The Message, Coates's central thesis is that power interests construct historical narratives that encourage compliance with the existing order. He asserts that writers have a responsibility to reveal those narratives and construct counternarratives that encourage liberation. In discussing the moral obligations that come with writing, Coates explores themes including The Power of Storytelling, The Relationship Between Place and Identity, and The Political Impact of Historical Narratives"--publisher American literature Sociology Reference BK 0 0 0 306_400000000000000_C652M_2024 0 NFIC 66494 GPL GPL GEN 2025-12-11 CRV/245/GT/GPLM 306.4 C652M 2024 70594 2025-12-11 2025-12-11 BK