Thomas Chatterton Williams

Thomas Chatterton Williams
Williams in 2020
Born (1981-03-26) March 26, 1981
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationCritic, author
Alma materGeorgetown University
New York University
SubjectRace, identity
Years active2007–present
Notable worksLosing My Cool (2010)
Self-Portrait in Black and White (2019)
Notable awardsBerlin Prize Guggenheim Fellow
SpouseValentine Faure
Children2
Website
thomaschattertonwilliams.com

Thomas Chatterton Williams (born March 26, 1981) is an American cultural critic and writer. He is the author of the 2019 book Self-Portrait in Black and White and a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is a visiting professor of the humanities and senior fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College, and a 2022 Guggenheim fellow. Formerly, Williams was a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and an Easy Chair columnist for Harper's Magazine.