Hailed byToni Morrisonas “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer whochanged the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone)In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son,Ta-Nehisi Coatesoffers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men — bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion.What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?Between The World and MeisTa-Nehisi Coates’sattempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage,Between The World and Meclearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.