CultureThe SuburbsBy Ta-Nehisi CoatesSeptember 1, 2010ShareSave Haven't heard the album—gonna cop today. Any thoughts? Forgive my tardiness. I've been gone. Monday I came in on the bus and saw a big poster for Angelina Jolie's Salt, and thought, "Oh yeah, she did have a movie out..."About the AuthorTa-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.More StoriesThe Man Who Freed Me From CantDonald Trump Is Out. Are We Ready to Talk About How He Got In?