Clifford Thompson

Whiting Award-winning author of books including What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues. Check them out on

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White people launched the ship. People of color corrected its course.

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With everybody giving no fucks, where are all these babies coming from?

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My essay in Commonweal about forgiveness among Black Americans. https://t.co/SilJ4j8CJT

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@lareviewofbooks How often does an author get to write a review of a review of his book? https://t.co/W9v7vazRhe

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Please, we must resist this. Call your senators and congresspeople. The vote must be protected. https://t.co/Bw5LbY1PWt

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My interview with "center-right" Matt Lewis about my upcoming book, What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues. A fun conversation. https://t.co/0FNeeOpNtP

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My thoughts on Toni Morrison's novels, via The Los Angeles Review of Books. https://t.co/Jy8PNr9P68

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America, why are the drapes open?

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@drginnielove I was in a bookstore in New Orleans last week and bought Hafiz's The Gift, which was put on my radar screen by a Facebook post of yours once. I read a little and really dig it. Thank you!

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It needs a name, like the Arab Spring. I propose "Men Fall."

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When you look through only one eye, much of what you see is your own nose. -- Not an Ancient Proverb

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My Los Angeles Review of Books essay on the career of James Baldwin. https://t.co/BUr5OIJXKD

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I'm with the alt-pissed.

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My review of Roxane Gay's memoir, Hunger, for the Los Angeles Review of Books. https://t.co/GyEkgsrA9d

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Interviewed here for the Literary Show Project. If you like discussions about books, you might dig this. https://t.co/yRjC7c91uQ

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Keep your friends close, but your M&Ms closer.

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Happy to be in the company of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jerald Walker, and James Baldwin here: https://t.co/M7g5xwq2Ht

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Battle Him for the Republic

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@katherinerw @Ethelbertpoet Thank you!

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I was interviewed this morning by Ethelbert Miller for his show "On the Margin" -- about books, film, race. https://t.co/c454zC66m1