Thomas Chatterton Williams Biography
Thomas Chatterton Williams is a cultural critic and author from the United States. He is the author of the 2019 book Self-Portrait in Black and White and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine.
How Old is Thomas Chatterton Williams? – Age
He is 40 years old as of 25 March 2021. He was born in 1981 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Thomas Chatterton Williams Family
He is the son of Clarence Williams, a black father, and Kathleen, a white mother. He was given the name Thomas Chatterton after the English poet Thomas Chatterton. He grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey.
Thomas Chatterton Williams Education
He went to Scotch Plains Union Catholic Regional High School. Williams earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Georgetown University. He also earned a master’s degree in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from New York University.
Thomas Chatterton Williams Wife
In 2011, Williams married French journalist and author Valentine Faure in France. The couple resides in Paris with their two children.
Thomas Chatterton Williams Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
His book Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race was released on October 15, 2019, by W. W. Norton & Company. In the book, Thomas explains how he came to unlearn his racial identity. W. W. Norton & Company released the book on October 15, 2019. Williams promoted the book Real Time with Bill Maher on October 18, 2019. The book received a cumulative “Mixed” rating from the review aggregator website Book Marks, which assigns individual ratings to book reviews from mainstream literary critics, based on 11 reviews: 2 “Rave” reviews, 3 “Positive” reviews, 3 “Mixed” reviews, and 3 “Pan” reviews.
Thomas Chatterton Williams The New York Times Magazine
Williams writes for The New York Times Magazine as a contributor. He is a New America Fellow for 2019 and a Berlin Prize winner. In 2020, he wrote the first draft of “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate,” a Harper’s Magazine open letter signed by 152 public figures. It criticized a culture of “intolerance of opposing views,” according to the letter.
Thomas Williams Books
♦ 2019 – Self-Portrait in Black and White
♦ 2010 – Losing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man’s Escape from the Crowd
♦ 2010 – Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture
♦ 2010 – Losing My Cool
