Thomas Chatterton Williams
Thomas Chatterton Williams | |
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Williams in 2020 | |
| Born | March 26, 1981 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Critic, author |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University New York University |
| Subject | Race, identity |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Notable works | Losing My Cool (2010) Self-Portrait in Black and White (2019) |
| Notable awards | Berlin Prize Guggenheim Fellow |
| Spouse | Valentine Faure |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | |
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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.