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Willett Thomas

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Born

in Stamford , The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Humor

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Willett Thomas is the President of Write of Passage, Inc. She earned her MA in writing from Johns Hopkins. She has received artist fellowships from Blue Mountain Center and the Millay Colony. She was selected as a Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation fellow for the District of Columbia. She is the recipient of the 2008 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange award for fiction.

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Willett Thomas's Blog: Views Atop a Marble Stair

Un-Wired - Chapter Four, I've Only Just Begun

It took three hours and would necessitate a new paint job, but all my furniture got through the row house’s narrow front door, with most by sheer force making it upstairs to the second and third floors. Benny ended up staying throughout, even at threat of car napping, though he spent most the time stationed at the front bay window, cellphone ever ready, 911 on speed dial.

“What now?” Benny asked a Read more of this blog post »

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Published on November 24, 2012 06:01 • Tags: baltimore, gentrification, redden-sanders, the-wire

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Raised by Hand, Lifted by the Tides: A Southern Child's Memoir
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Willett Thomas (Goodreads Author),

Redden Sanders

3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions

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“When the river rises, sometimes the only thing to do is float.”
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