Excerpt from The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

"Help me!" he yelled again, and then he cried out, "Please!" He said it like the child he always was, begging. And I noted, however uncharitably, even there in the Goose facing my own death, that I had never before recalled him speaking in a manner that reflected the true nature of our positions.

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