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Tanuki

(14,924 posts) Tue Sep 29, 2015, 09:18 AM Sep 2015

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is among this year's MacArthur "Genius" grant recipients

announced today

https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class/2015/

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Ta-Nehisi Coates is among this year's MacArthur "Genius" grant recipients (Original Post) Tanuki Sep 2015 OP

I confess portlander23 Sep 2015 #1

Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Sep 2015 #2

Check out his twitter feed nilram Sep 2015 #3

portlander23

(2,078 posts)

1. I confess

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Tue Sep 29, 2015, 09:42 AM

Sep 2015

I've only just recently become aware of his writing, but I read a bunch of it this week and I think the grant is well earned.

Heidi

(58,237 posts)

2. Kick, kick, kick!

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Tue Sep 29, 2015, 10:33 AM

Sep 2015

nilram

(2,894 posts)

3. Check out his twitter feed

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Wed Sep 30, 2015, 02:02 AM

Sep 2015

Really a good sport. "The GENIUS is above your petty corrections. GENUIS is spelled how the GENIUS says it's spelled."

https://twitter.com/tanehisicoates

https://twitter.com/tanehisicoates/status/648801203778899968

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