VIDEO: Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks About the Truth in Fiction on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT

'The Water Dancer' writer Ta-Nehisi Coates stopped by "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" to talk about how readers sometimes resist accepting the implications of facts presented in non-fiction writing, whereas the storytelling employed in works of fiction can be effective in communicating real facts. Watch the clip below!

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