Win Tickets ($50): Literary Arts Presents Ta-Nehisi Coates In Conversation @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall | #1 New York Times Bestselling Author and Journalist
We are giving away a pair of tickets to Literary Arts Presents Ta-Nehisi Coates In Conversation @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on October 22. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed October 14.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates In Conversation
October 22, 2024
7:30PM | $25-$90 | All Ages
More info: portland5.com
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Ave. (at Main St.), Portland
Literary Arts is honored to present #1 New York Times bestselling author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, in conversation about his first book of non-fiction in nearly a decade—The Message, in which he journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities.
Select ticket levels include a copy of the book.
About The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set out to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s classic “Politics and the English Language,” but found himself grappling with deeper questions about how our stories—our reporting and imaginative narratives and mythmaking—expose and distort our realities.
In the first of the book’s three intertwining essays, Coates, on his first trip to Africa, finds himself in two places at once: in Dakar, a modern city in Senegal, and in a mythic kingdom in his mind. Then he takes readers along with him to Columbia, South Carolina, where he reports on his own book’s banning, but also explores the larger backlash to the nation’s recent reckoning with history and the deeply rooted American mythology so visible in that city—a capital of the Confederacy with statues of segregationists looming over its public squares. Finally, in the book’s longest section, Coates travels to Palestine, where he sees with devastating clarity how easily we are misled by nationalist narratives, and the tragedy that lies in the clash between the stories we tell and the reality of life on the ground.
Written at a dramatic moment in American and global life, this work from one of the country’s most important writers is about the urgent need to untangle ourselves from the destructive myths that shape our world—and our own souls—and embrace the liberating power of even the most difficult truths.
About Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an award-winning author and journalist. His books include Between the World and Me and The Water Dancer. He is currently a writer-in-residence at Howard University.
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My partner and her father are going through a difficult time but they both love Coates. I’m hopeful an evening together about understanding how narratives frame our perception will help them.
He is so important- great writer!
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a fantastic and insightful author and storyteller. Between the World and Me is one of my favorite books. I would love to see him speak.
My husband loves his work and would love to see him!
Awesome! It would be amazing to get to see him in Portland.
I would love to see him. I’ve been reading his work for a long time.
He is so terrific. Thank you for the opportunity to see him.
This would be an incredibly special event to go to. I would be forever grateful!
I have enjoyed his readings, would love to attend in-person.
Coates’s books have been profound for me. I would love to attend this event and get the opportunity to see him speak live.
Would love to attend/win tix so I can surprise my partner! We’re big fans of his work.
What an amazing man!
This would be incredible
Amazing writer, sounds like an amazing book. Also, it’s a friend’s birthday and what a bday present!
What a fascinating evening this would be to experience the enlightening in person with TNC!!
Love his writing! Would love to see him speak with a book club friend and learn more about his recent work.
Read one of his other books and found it life changing. Didn’t realize he’d be here speaking!
I wish everyone could go to this!
I’m a huge fan and longtime reader. I’d love the opportunity to discuss this amazing quote, “ Hate gives identity. The nigger, the fag, the bitch illuminate the border, illuminate what we ostensibly are not, illuminate the Dream of being white, of being a Man. We name the hated strangers and are thus confirmed in the tribe.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me