Tommye Blount
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Tommye Blount | |
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 Blount reads Fantasia for the Man in Blue for the National Book Foundation in 2020 | |
| Born | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
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| 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]
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
