Tommye Blount | |
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 Blount reads Fantasia for the Man in Blue for the
National Book Foundation in 2020 | |
| Born | Detroit, Michigan |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | |
| Genre | Poetry |
Tommye Blount is a Black, queer poet from Detroit, Michigan. [1] [2] He is the author of the poetry collection Fantasia for the Man in Blue and the chapbook What Are We Not For. Fantasia for the Man in Blue was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. [3]
Personal life
Blount was born in Detroit, Michigan. [4] Blount attended Michigan State University for his undergraduate degree [5] and earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College, graduating in 2013. [6] He lives in Novi, Michigan. [7]
Career
Blount is the author of the book Fantasia for the Man in Blue which was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. [8] He is also the author of the chapbook What Are We Not For. [9]
Blount is a Cave Canem Fellow, [10] a 2017 Literary Arts Fellow at Kresge Arts in Detroit, [11] and a fellow of Bread Loaf Writer's Conference [12]
Works
Poems
- "The Pedestrian" ( Academy of American Poets) [13]
- "The Bug" (Poetry, January 2015) [14]
- "The Tongue" (Poetry, January 2015) [15]
Chapbooks
- What Are We Not For (2016, Bull City Press) ISBN 978-1495157639
Books
- Fantasia for the Man in Blue (2020, Four Way Books) ISBN 978-1945588495
Awards
- 2020 – National Book Award for Poetry, Finalist [16]
External links
References
- ^ "Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "5 Debut Queer Poets on What to Read for the Sealey Challenge". Cave Canem. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "National Book Awards 2020". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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"Tommy Blount". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ "Tommye Blount:No One Gets Off the Hook in My Poems". Literary Hub. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "An Interview with Alumnus Tommye Blount". The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "National Book Awards 2020". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "What Are We Not For by Tommye Blount". Bull City Press. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Tommye Blount". Cave Canem. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Tommye Blount". Kresge Arts in Detroit. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Tommye Blount". Poets.org. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "The Pedestrian by Tommye Blount". Poets.org.
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"The Bug by Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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"The Tongue by Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ "National Book Awards 2020". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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- Living people
- 21st-century American poets
- African-American LGBT people
- LGBT people from Michigan
- American LGBT poets
- American male poets
- African-American poets
- 21st-century American male writers
- Queer men
- Queer poets
- 21st-century African-American writers
- African-American male writers
- Writers from Detroit