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.

Reaching Out

The best way to escape our current political predicament is to keep talking

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday October 30, 2019

Up in the Air

The majesty of New York City still mystifies

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday October 23, 2019

You Must Be Joking

A comic book, a movie, politics, and race

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday October 9, 2019

Seaside Sojourns

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday July 24, 2019
Black and white photo of ICE agents deporting migrants

In Praise of Shame

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday July 17, 2019

Step Aside

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday July 10, 2019

Beating the Heat

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday July 3, 2019

Selective Lip Service

By Thomas Chatterton Williams | Wednesday June 19, 2019
Children on an amusement park swing
Close-up of basketball
Two children, one black and one white, play in an airport terminal in the 1960s

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