View from Rue Saint-Georges
A blog about expatriate life in Paris. Thomas Chatterton Williams is the author of a memoir, Losing My Cool. He is at work on a book about how we define race in America, told through his own experience of growing up with a white mother and black father, and of raising a blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter in France.
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Reaching Out
The best way to escape our current political predicament is to keep talking
By Thomas Chatterton Williams October 30, 2019
You Must Be Joking
A comic book, a movie, politics, and race
By Thomas Chatterton Williams October 9, 2019
Language Unbound
How the words we use influence how we think
By Thomas Chatterton Williams October 2, 2019
On the Turning Away
Our tendency to ignore human suffering
By Thomas Chatterton Williams September 25, 2019
License to Chill
Life slows down when you can’t drive
By Thomas Chatterton Williams September 18, 2019
Too Much of a Good Thing
Relief at the end of summer vacation
By Thomas Chatterton Williams September 4, 2019
Priceless Moments
How having children focuses a writer’s mind
By Thomas Chatterton Williams August 28, 2019
Of Poverty and Plenty
California’s homelessness crisis is a moral stain
By Thomas Chatterton Williams March 27, 2019
Taking the Blame
Should all white Australians be implicated in the actions of one?
By Thomas Chatterton Williams March 20, 2019
Permanently Shelved
Why collect more books that you can ever read?
By Thomas Chatterton Williams March 13, 2019
The Bitter Truth
A culture exemplified by an over-sweet cuppa joe
By Thomas Chatterton Williams February 27, 2019
Climate vs. Comfort
How much would you sacrifice to do your part?
By Thomas Chatterton Williams February 6, 2019
Make Social Media Great Again
… Or at least tolerable
By Thomas Chatterton Williams January 30, 2019
