The laws of the streets formed the centrepiece of his early education, and even school offered no respite from the ugly truth that prevailed through the ghettos and was etched into the neighbourhoods of West Baltimore. In his childhood and youth, he was befuddled by the extremities his parents resorted to in order to teach him to protect himself. Right from the outset, Ta-Nehisi Coates opens up about the fear of losing his body, of the unnerving sense of insecurity that he grew up with. There is no centrifugal plot, but the force of the words spills out of the pages, almost like poetry, with a cadence that leaves a mournful glow. Between the World and Me is a resplendent, lyrical piece about being born and raised black in America, written from a father to his son.
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