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T h o m a s  W a s h i n g t o n

Thomas Washington's writing appears in The Smart Set, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Antioch Review, The Washington Post, and The New England Review, among other publications. He has had Notable Essays in The Best American Essays 2005 and 2008. He was the recipient of a 2008 Yaddo fellowship. 

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