How Monticello inspired Ta-Nehisi Coates' debut novel

How Monticello inspired Ta-Nehisi Coates' debut novel "The Water Dancer"

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This week, Oprah revealed on "CBS This Morning" her book club's latest pick as “The Water Dancer," the highly anticipated fiction debut from critically acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates. Coates has already won a National Book Award and a Macarthur Genius grant for his nonfiction work. Gayle King sits down with Coates at Thomas Jefferson's estate, Monticello, where he found inspiration for his first novel.

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