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 |
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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]
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]
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