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Clifford Marshall Thompson (October 18, 1904 – October 15, 1955) was one of the world's tallest men, the world's tallest lawyer, and remains the tallest man to ever appear in a Hollywood film. Born in Rugby, North Dakota, as a child Thompson moved with his parents to Scandinavia, Wisconsin.
Clifford Thompson is a multi-talented writer and artist who has published books, essays, and paintings on topics such as race, family, and American identity. He has received a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and taught at several prestigious institutions.
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Jan 11, 2020 · Clifford Thompson discusses his book, "What It Is", at Politics and Prose. An award-winning journalist, essayist, and professor, Thompson grew up in D.C., where he absorbed both the lessons of...
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Oct 23, 2020 · Clifford Thompson is a writer who has published books, essays, poems, and reviews on topics such as race, culture, history, and music. See his full list of publications from 2010 to 2020, including his latest work in The Wall Street Journal, The Threepenny Review, and The Washington Post.
An African-American writer’s concise, heartfelt take on the state of his nation, exploring the war between the values he has always held and the reality with which he is confronted in twenty-first-century America.
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A Whiting Award winner and essayist explores his life as a black man in the post–civil rights era. He shares his experiences with books, film, jazz, and American identity in this culturally important memoir.
