Thomas Chatterton Williams

Thomas Chatterton Williams is the author of a memoir, Losing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man’s Escape from the Crowd. He lives in Paris with his wife and daughter.

People ride e-scooters through a Parisian plaza

Scootering Around Town

The automobile’s appeal is in decline thanks to the proliferation of alternatives

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday May 8, 2019

Disconnection in a Connected Age

On the mixed blessing of technological advancement

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday May 1, 2019

Skin Deep

You can’t fight like with like

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday April 24, 2019

A Loss to Paris and the World

The fire at Notre Dame should remind us to see the world’s wonders while we can

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday April 17, 2019

A Life Off-track

A talented historian’s tragic end

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday April 10, 2019

Family Matters

Closing my distance from a distant relation

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday April 3, 2019

Of Poverty and Plenty

California’s homelessness crisis is a moral stain

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday March 27, 2019

Taking the Blame

Should all white Australians be implicated in the actions of one?

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday March 20, 2019

Permanently Shelved

Why collect more books that you can ever read?

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday March 13, 2019

No Place Like …

Finding happiness in small spaces

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday March 6, 2019

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