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Charles Johnson

Dr. Charles Johnson, a 1998 MacArthur fellow, is the S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Endowed Professor of English at the University of Washington in Seattle. His fiction includes Dr. King's Refrigerator, Dreamer, and Middle Passage, for which he won the National Book Award. In 2002 he received the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Seattle.

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Excerpt 1 from Dr. King's Refrigerator
Dec 07, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Middle Passage
Sep 25, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Faith And The Good Thing
Sep 08, 2012
Middle Passage is now available in eBook
Feb 21, 2012
Middle Passage will be released on February 21, 2012 in eBook
Feb 21, 2012
Dr. King's Refrigerator will be released on November 05, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Nov 05, 2011
Dr. King's Refrigerator is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 05, 2011
Turning the Wheel will be released on June 15, 2010 in eBook
Jun 15, 2010
Turning the Wheel is now available in eBook
Jun 15, 2010
Dreamer is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
Dreamer will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 5 from DREAMER
Jun 20, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 5 from Dreamer
Jan 30, 2009
Dr. King's Refrigerator will be released on November 01, 2007 in eBook
Nov 01, 2007
Dr. King's Refrigerator is now available in eBook
Nov 01, 2007
Dr. King's Refrigerator will be released on November 01, 2007 in
Nov 01, 2007

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I4U, June 5, 2013
...Featured Pages Charles Johnson Scott Lively: After Boy Scout Victory, Gay Activists Will Launch ‘Blitzkrieg Against the Church’ After ten minutes of pseudo-historical nonsense about how the German Wandervogel was designed to "reviv...
Carolina Panthers, May 8, 2013
...among NFL defensive tackles last season with six sacks. Speaking of sacks, let’s not forget defensive ends Charles Johnson and Greg Hardy. Johnson recorded 12.5 last season, and Hardy had 11. Carolina was one of two teams to feature a pair of players...
Chronicle of Higher Education, April 15, 2013
...Hill (Ohio State University Press; 195 pages; $51.95). Traces the impact on black literature of Toni Morrison, Charles Johnson, and other black novelists who won major prizes during the period. From Beasts to Souls: Gender and Embodiment in Medieval...
Roanoke Times, April 6, 2013
...and Vermont politics certainly informed Coolidge’s politics. He was a man of his time and place. Author Charles Johnson has written an assessment of Coolidge that aims to make the case that “Silent Cal” offers a model for American governance in...
US Embassy Germany: Berlin, April 5, 2013
...randomhouse.com Guterson received his M.A. from the University of Washington, where he studied under the writer Charles Johnson. Guterson is best known as the author of Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), recipient of the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. To date,...
Lakeland Ledger, April 5, 2013
...S. Cavalry camped between Lake Morton and Lake Hollingsworth. The Ohio unit did not see action in Cuba. Charles Johnson Post, a volunteer from New York later described Lakeland in his book as "little more than the cross-road-and-tank villages we had...
Washington Post, March 22, 2013
...Delicious Associated Press Chris Richards Katherine Boyle Jessica Goldstein Timothy R. Smith David Montgomery Hank Stuever Teresa Link Charles Johnson Philip Kennicott Michael Lindgren Associated Press Emily Yahr Nelson Pressley Jessica Goldstein Anne...
Valdosta Daily Times, June 8, 2013
...McLane Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Dasher Cemetery. The Rev. Jeff Cordero, Pastor Spencer Corbett and Pastor Charles Johnson will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday from 5-7 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or...
Anniston Star, June 8, 2013
...Catfish of various sizes can be caught the floating noodles and jugs. (Photo by Charles Johnson) slideshow You ‘ve heard the old saying, “There’s more than one way to skin a cat.” That axiom was modified to, “There is more than one way to...
SantaFe.com, June 7, 2013
...Deirdre James Erikka James Laiven Jean de Chantal Jeffrey Jedlowski Anita Jenkins Sarah Jenkins Stephen Jennings Brian Johnson Charles Johnson Adriahna Jones Carly Jones Kimberly Jones Kristie Jones Thomas Jones Mirabai June ...
Columbia Missourian, June 7, 2013
...make a final decision on the conference center proposals by July 1. But the city's new facilitator, Charles Johnson, recommended a 60- to 90-day wait to gather more information from each developer...
Register Citizen, June 7, 2013
...help improve this defense, however. The defensive line should also be much improved. Defensive ends Greg Hardy and Charles Johnson were the sixth and eighth-best 4-3 defensive ends according to PFF. For the Panthers' 4-3 defense to be successful,...
Oneida Daily Dispatch, June 7, 2013
...help improve this defense, however. The defensive line should also be much improved. Defensive ends Greg Hardy and Charles Johnson were the sixth and eighth-best 4-3 defensive ends according to PFF. For the Panthers' 4-3 defense to be successful,...
Troy Record, June 7, 2013
...help improve this defense, however. The defensive line should also be much improved. Defensive ends Greg Hardy and Charles Johnson were the sixth and eighth-best 4-3 defensive ends according to PFF. For the Panthers' 4-3 defense to be successful,...