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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic. His latest\xa0book, Between the World and Me, just won the National Book Award.\n\n\u201cWhen I first came to New York, I couldn't see any of this. I felt like a complete washout. I was in my little apartment, eating donuts and playing video games. The only thing I was doing good with my life was being a father and a husband. That was it. David [Carr] was a big shot. And he would call me in, just out of the blue, to have lunch. I was so low at that point. ... He said, \u200bI think you're a great bet. ... He was remembering people who had invested in him when he was low. That more than anything is why I'm sad he's not here for all of this. Because it's for him. It's to say to him, \u200byou were right\u200b.\u201d\n\nPlease become a Longform Supporter. Make your contribution here.\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Casper, Squarespace, MasterClass, and "The Message" for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow Notes:\n@tanehisicoates\nLongform Podcast #7: Ta-Nehisi Coates\nLongform Podcast #97: Ta-Nehisi Coates\nCoates on Longform\nCoates' The Atlantic archive\n[5:00] "A Letter To My Son" (The Atlantic \u2022 Jul 2015)\n[12:00] "To Raise, Love, and Lose a Black Child" (The Atlantic \u2022 Oct 2014)\n[12:00] "The Case for Reparations" (The Atlantic \u2022 June 2014)\n[31:00] Ragtime (E.L. Doctorow \u2022 Random House \u2022 1975)\n[33:00] The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin \u2022 Dial Press \u2022 1963)\n[38:00] "The Really Big One" (Kathryn Schulz \u2022 New Yorker \u2022 July 2015)\n[40:00] "The Black Experience Isn't Just About Men" (Shani O. Hilton \u2022 Buzzfeed \u2022 July 2015)\n[42:00] "The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration" (The Atlantic \u2022 Oct 2015)\n[47:00] "Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Black Panther Comic for Marvel" (George Gene Gustines \u2022 New York Times \u2022 Sept 2015)\n[53:00] "'This Is How We Lost to the White Man': The Audacity of Bill Cosby's Black Conservatism" (The Atlantic \u2022 May 2008)\n[54:00] "American Girl" (The Atlantic \u2022 Jan/Feb 2009)\n[59:00] "How ESPN's Fear Of The Truth Defeated 'Black Grantland'" (Greg Howard \u2022 Deadspin \u2022 Oct 2015)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices