Tommye Blount
Auteur van Fantasia for the Man in Blue
Werken van Tommye Blount
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 20th century
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Opleiding
- Michigan State University (Bx)
Warren Wilson College (MFA) - Beroepen
- poet
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Cave Canem Fellow
Bread Loaf Writer's Conference Fellow
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Besprekingen
Prijzen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 2
- Leden
- 24
- Populariteit
- #522,742
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 3
My two favorite poems here are outliers in his themes:
Icarus Does the Dishes, about a 20-something man who has brought his severely ill father home to care for him, and who realizes he is in over his head. Possibly autobiographical?
Portrait of My Father, per the notes all of the text with a few alterations was lifted from (Blount's father's?) autopsy report.
I do enjoy Blount's writing--it is easy enough to understand, but that does not mean it is simple. It si thoughtful and well planned, and he definitely likes wordplay. I did not love this collection, but I don't think I am his intended/expected audience. I would love to see him write a collection with family as a main theme.… (meer)