“And we are plagued by dead language and dead stories that serve people whose aim is nothing short of a dead world. And it is not enough to stand against these dissemblers. There has to be something in you, something that hungers for clarity. And you will need that hunger because if you follow that path, soon enough, you will find yourself confronting not just their myths, not just their stories, but your own.”⁣ ⁣ Happy publication day to Ta-Nehisi Coates’s THE MESSAGE! Coates takes readers on a journey from Senegal, to South Carolina, and finally to Palestine, to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities. And he reminds us that if stories have the power to destroy us, they also have the power to save us.⁣ ⁣ Available now everywhere books are sold—learn more at the link in our bio!⁣ #tanehisicoates #themessage