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Tommye Blount

トミー・ブラウント

Tomī Buraunto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
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Died
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Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
Detroit, Michigan → Novi, Michigan

Career

Occupations
poet
Active Years
2013-2025
Affiliations
Cave Canem, Kresge Arts in Detroit, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference

Education

Michigan State University
Degree: B.A.
Country: United States
Warren Wilson College
MFA Program for Writers
Degree: M.F.A.
Year of Graduation: 2013
Country: United States
Graduated in 2013

Awards

National Book Award for Poetry
2020
Work: Fantasia for the Man in Blue
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: finalist

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fantasia for the Man in Blue

2020 poetry collection

What Are We Not For

2016 chapbook

Bibliography

  • What Are We Not For (2016, Bull City Press)
  • Fantasia for the Man in Blue (2020, Four Way Books)

Trivia

  • Black, queer poet from Detroit, Michigan.