CultureThere's A White Singer Named KeshaBy Ta-Nehisi CoatesJanuary 14, 2010 ShareSave Just saying...About the AuthorTa-Nehisi CoatesTa-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction.