We Were Eight Years in Power
An American Tragedy
In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump.
New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • USA Today • Time • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Essence • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Week • Kirkus Reviews
*Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in…
$28.00
October 30, 2018
Ta-Nehisi Coates is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award in 2015. He is the recipient of a National Magazine Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. He is currently the Sterling Brown endowed chair at Howard University in the English department.
The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Emergency
Thomas Fisher
The Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults)
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Underground Railroad Records
William Still
We Were Eight Years in Power
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Origin of Others
Toni Morrison
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ill Fares the Land
Tony Judt; preface by Ta-Nehisi Coates