Notations for a common reading experience of Ta-Nehisi Coates

On May 20, I'll give a presentation at the University of Oregon focusing on Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me. I've been following Coates's work for more than a decade now, so I've been especially intrigued by the ongoing response to his new book and his overall thinking and writing.

The presentation will concentrate on:

• the pre-production history that led to Coates's book becoming a common reading selection
• crucial potential points to focus on concerning Between the World and Me
• the book's extraordinary reception
• some potential challenges and opportunities for participating in a common reading experience based on a book like Between the World and Me.

I'll provide links to various pieces on Coates and his book here, leading up to the presentation, and afterward.

UO:
• Understanding the uncommon reading program at the UO

Reading Coates
• Ta-Nehisi Coates's audiences of black boys and young black men

On Between the World and Me
• The multiple people referenced in Between the World and Me
• Sharing resources on Between the World and Me
• Common Read Projects and Between the World and Me

Coverage of Between the World and Me
• Coverage of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Between the World and Me
• 6 notable reviews of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me
• Critiques re: absence of black women in Between the World and Me
• "Meccas are multitudes": Tressie McMillan Cottom and HBCUs

Coates and other writers:
• Women's Work, Between the World and Me & accumulated knowledge 
• The curious minds of Colson Whitehead and Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Ta-Nehisi Coates, Aaron McGruder & the Kitchen Sink

Lists
• Accomplished black men in the arts born between 1965 - 1975

Related:
• A Notebook on Ta-Nehisi Coates