Tommye Blount

Tommye Blount is a Black, queer poet from Detroit, MI.[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 2020 National Book Award Finalist in the Poetry category.[3]

Tommye Blount
BornDetroit, Michigan
GenrePoetry

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

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


References
  1. "Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  2. "5 Debut Queer Poets on What to Read for the Sealey Challenge". Cave Canem. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  3. "National Book Awards 2020". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  4. "Tommy Blount". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Tommye Blount:No One Gets Off the Hook in My Poems". Literary Hub. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  6. "An Interview with Alumnus Tommye Blount". The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  7. "Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  8. "National Book Awards 2020". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  9. "What Are We Not For by Tommye Blount". Bull City Press. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  10. "Tommye Blount". Cave Canem. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  11. "Tommye Blount". Kresge Arts in Detroit. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  12. "Tommye Blount". Poets.org. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  13. "The Pedestrian by Tommye Blount". Poets.org.
  14. "The Bug by Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.CS1 maint: others (link)
  15. "The Tongue by Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.CS1 maint: others (link)
  16. "National Book Awards 2020". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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