Twitter Conversation with Alyssa Cole on "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Alyssa Cole @AlyssaColeLit
Really makes me think of this, from a Guardian article from the other day: pic.twitter.com/Bd9zbfuffK

Keira Soleore @KeiraSoleore
@AlyssaColeLit Fascinating snippet by Rankine frm the Guardian. Looks like Coates had a followu-up comment. Do u have a link 2 the article?

Alyssa Cole @AlyssaColeLit
Here you go! http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/05/ta-nehisi-coates-david-simon-discuss-race-in-america-new-yorker-festival

Keira Soleore @KeiraSoleore
Thank you! I read Citizen and am reading Between the World and Me so this conversation is v relevant to my reading.

Alyssa Cole @AlyssaColeLit
No prob! BtWaM is near the top of my TBR pile. :)

Keira Soleore @KeiraSoleore
Oh, make it the next book u read. It's hard & it's beautiful & I'm crying my way through it. But it's so imp 4 it 2 be read.

Alyssa Cole @AlyssaColeLit
I love Coates. I know the writing will destroy me, which is why I'm stalling. :)

Keira Soleore @KeiraSoleore
I have never read such a sharp precision of words. Not a spare one there.

Alyssa Cole @AlyssaColeLit
Okay, maybe I'll stop stalling face the inevitable. :p

Keira Soleore @KeiraSoleore
I want to devour it. And yet, I can't read too much in one sitting. Then I also re-read. So I'm going thru it slowly.

Alyssa Cole @AlyssaColeLit
So happy to hear that you're loving it so much! And even more excited to read now. :)

Keira Soleore @KeiraSoleore
I don't know if 'love' is the word there. I'm moved by it. I'm excited by it. My heart's grieving. And I'm learning.

Keira Soleore @KeiraSoleore
I'm awed by it. I'm awed by the power of his words. I'm awed by the progression of thoughts--the compassion is devastating

Alyssa Cole @AlyssaColeLit
I followed his blog on the Atlantic for years. It's wonderful to see years of writing, questioning, and thinking come together

Keira Soleore @KeiraSoleore
Wish I had seen evolution of his thoughts 2 what's on page now. Each word is so weighted. U will get far more from it than I