Tommye Blount Explained

Tommye Blount
Birth Place:	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Genre:	Poetry
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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)

Books

• Fantasia for the Man in Blue (2020, Four Way Books)

Awards

• 2020 – National Book Award for Poetry, Finalist^[16]

External links

• Poetry Foundation: Tommye Blount

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tommye Blount. Poetry Foundation. en-US. 2020-10-09.
2. Web site: 5 Debut Queer Poets on What to Read for the Sealey Challenge. Cave Canem. en-US. 2020-10-09.
3. Web site: National Book Awards 2020. National Book Foundation. en-US. 2020-10-09.
4. Web site: Tommy Blount. 2020-10-09. Poetry Foundation. en-us. Poetry Foundation. 2020-10-09.
5. Web site: Tommye Blount:No One Gets Off the Hook in My Poems. Literary Hub. 14 May 2020 . en-US. 2020-10-09.
6. Web site: An Interview with Alumnus Tommye Blount. The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. 28 January 2015 . en-US. 2020-10-09.
7. Web site: Tommye Blount. Poetry Foundation. en-US. 2020-10-09.
8. Web site: National Book Awards 2020. National Book Foundation. en-US. 2020-10-09.
9. Web site: What Are We Not For by Tommye Blount. Bull City Press. 17 March 2017 . en-US. 2020-10-09.
10. Web site: Tommye Blount. Cave Canem. en-US. 2020-10-09.
11. Web site: Tommye Blount. Kresge Arts in Detroit. en-US. 2020-10-09.
12. Web site: Tommye Blount. Poets.org. en-US. 2020-10-09.
13. Web site: The Pedestrian by Tommye Blount. Poets.org.
14. Web site: The Bug by Tommye Blount. 2020-10-09. Poetry Foundation. en-us. Poetry Magazine. 2020-10-09.
15. Web site: The Tongue by Tommye Blount. 2020-10-09. Poetry Foundation. en-us. Poetry Magazine. 2020-10-09.
16. Web site: National Book Awards 2020. National Book Foundation. en-US. 2020-10-09.