Thomas P. Balazs

Thomas P. Balazs is a fiction writer, essayist, and Creative Writing professor at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. He is the author of the Substack newsletter, Perplexed Jew.

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Rogers Waters, dressed in black, looking manic, against a background of a TV studio wall.

Art over Man: The Roger Waters Test Case

When we create art, we are our best selves, better than the selves we are outside of art.

Thomas P. Balazs

4 Jul 2024 · 9 min read

They Told Me So

How my parents swallowed a frog to save me from antisemitism.

Thomas P. Balazs

22 Nov 2023 · 16 min read

The Maus That Roared

Maus was important to my life, but there's nothing wrong with protecting kids from encountering the world’s worst horrors before they are old enough to understand them.

Thomas P. Balazs

4 Feb 2022 · 9 min read