Tommye Blount

Tommye Blount
Blount reads Fantasia for the Man in Blue for the National Book Foundation in 2020
Born	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Education	Michigan State University (B.A.) Warren Wilson College (M.F.A.)
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

• Poetry Foundation: Tommye Blount

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.
5. "Tommye Blount:No One Gets Off the Hook in My Poems". Literary Hub. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
6. "An Interview with Alumnus Tommye Blount". The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. 28 January 2015. 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. 17 March 2017. 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.
15. "The Tongue by Tommye Blount". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Magazine. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
16. "National Book Awards 2020". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-09.