Ta-Nehisi Coates is a chum of the Toast and an all-around jet-setting, aces kind of dude. He writes very smart things and I think he’s just tremendous.

But I had a question for him.

.@tanehisicoates ok be 100% honest have you ever put on a big peacoat and whisper “I’m Ta-Nehisi COATS” to yourself in the mirror

— Mallory Ortberg (@mallelis) June 18, 2014

Turns out yes!

@mallelis Every day, homegirl. Sometimes works.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) June 18, 2014

Okay so now I had to draw some stuff. Good news: I have a rhyming dictionary and I can’t draw hands at all. Here are some drawings of beloved public intellectual Ta-Nehisi Coates and different things his last name rhymes with.