Thomas Verne Washington
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Thomas Verne Washington (born February 19, 1965) is an American novelist and essayist.
Washington was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Wayne, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He was educated at University of Illinois. He now lives in Washington, DC, where he works as a journalist, essayist, and a librarian at The Potomac School. Mr. Washington's essays and journalism center on reading, writing, and librarianship in the age of information overload. Much of his work is inspired by his position as head librarian at The Potomac School in McLean, VA.
[edit] Works
- "Librarian's Lament: Books are a Hard Sell." Washington Post 21 Jan. 2007: (Outlook) B2.
- "The Quarterly Reader and Writer." Antioch Review (winter 2007) : 26-34.
- "The 21st Century Dynamo." Library Journal 15 Sept. 2006: 42.
- "Junk Research and the Internet." The Common Review (spring 2006): 22-29.
- "The Subtle Approach." American Libraries May 2006: 38-39.
- "My Distant Education." New England Review 26.1 (winter 2005) : 163-172.
- "Have You Read My Manuscript?" Post Road 9 (2005): 83-88. (Notable Essay in Best Essays 2005).
- "Natural Progression." Chicago Tribune 16 March 2005: 1-5.
- "My High School Library." Massachusetts Review 45.1 (spring 2004) : 24-36.
- "Sprechen Sie Deutsch?" North Dakota Quarterly 70.1 (winter 2003) : 68-74.
- "Expatriate Gore." Clamor Jan / Feb 2002: 69.
- "Smoking the Great Outdoors." Salon. February 6, 2001.
- "Smoke Screen." In These Times May 14, 2001: 16-18.
- "Old Bombs Remind Germans of War." Boston Globe 12 Dec.1999: 12.
