Fantasia for the Man in Blue

Name: Fantasia for the Man in Blue
ISBN: 9781945588495

by Tommye Blount

Whiting Award · 2023 · Winner

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Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2023	Winner

About the Author

Tommye BlountAmerican

Tommye Blount is a Black, queer poet born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He earned an MFA from Warren Wilson College and is the author of the poetry collection Fantasia for the Man in Blue (2020), a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry, and the chapbook What Are We Not For (2016). He has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and Kresge Arts.