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National Book Award goes to father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, publisher of antisemitic books

W. Paul Coates, the father of journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, won the prestigious National Book Award despite claims that his company published brazenly anti-Semitic novels. The literary nonprofit National Book Foundation has since defended its decision to award Coates a lifetime achievement award. “The National Book Foundation condemns anti-Semitism, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, and all forms of […]