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Clifford Thompson

Clifford Thompson is the author of Twin of Blackness: A Memoir, Love for Sale and Other Essays, and a novel, Signifying Nothing. His upcoming book, What It is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues, will be published in the fall.

Letter to the Editor: Clifford Thompson Responds to Joel Rhone

Clifford Thompson and Joel Rhone exchange letters to the editor in response to Rhone’s review of Thompson’s “What It Is.”...

CLIFFORD THOMPSON, JOEL RHONE

POLITICS

MEMOIR & ESSAY

Fictional Blues: Narrative Self-Invention from Bessie Smith to Jack White

An illuminating, thought-provoking, refreshingly broad-minded new book about the blues....

CLIFFORD THOMPSON

LITERARY CRITICISM

MUSIC

Humor Is the Dominant Note: On James McBride’s “Deacon King Kong”

Clifford Thompson reviews the latest novel from National Book Award winner James McBride, “Deacon King Kong.”...

CLIFFORD THOMPSON

FICTION

Los Angeles Review of Books

Toni Morrison’s Big Bang

CLIFFORD THOMPSON

FICTION

Los Angeles Review of Books

Jimmy’s Blues

CLIFFORD THOMPSON

FICTION

MEMOIR & ESSAY

Los Angeles Review of Books

The Damage Done

CLIFFORD THOMPSON

MEMOIR & ESSAY

Los Angeles Review of Books

Journey of Miles

CLIFFORD THOMPSON

FILM

MUSIC

Los Angeles Review of Books

Our Hero and His Blues: Celebrating Albert Murray

CLIFFORD THOMPSON

NONFICTION

FICTION

CULTURAL STUDIES

Los Angeles Review of Books

Eric Garner and Me

CLIFFORD THOMPSON

MEMOIR & ESSAY

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