Books & Authors
Thomas Chatterton Williams to Speak at Fairfield University Tuesday Evening, Sept 30
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Renowned cultural critic and essayist Thomas Chatterton Williams will headline Fairfield University’s Inspired Writers Series on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts. — an announcement from Fairfield University
In a conversation titled Thomas Chatterton Williams and the Summer of Our Discontent, Williams will join National Book Award winner Professor Phil Klay, for an evening of timely discussion. Williams’ Recent Books
Williams is also the author of two highly acclaimed books: Self-Portrait in Black and White: Family, Fatherhood, and Rethinking Race, a TIME “Must Read” book, and Losing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man’s Escape from the Crowd. The evening’s conversation will include themes from Williams’ new book, Summer of Our Discontent, which explores how various existential crises plaguing the American liberal tradition came to a head during 2020—a year in which COVID, the George Floyd protests, the presidency of Donald Trump, and social media paved the way for a paradigm shift in American politics and culture.