Why Ta-Nehisi Coates thinks fiction can save America

Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates thinks a little art could help us all.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, Coates talked about the limits of nonfiction and journalism when it comes to fixing our country in this era of "tragedy and violence and darkness and horribleness."

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