Tommye Blount is the author of the chapbook What Are We Not For (Bull City Press) and the full-length collection of poetry Fantasia for the Man in Blue (Four Way Books)—which was a finalist for the National Book Award, the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. He is the recipient of commendations, fellowships, and grants from the Whiting Foundation, Cave Canem, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Kresge Arts in Detroit, and the Aninstantia Foundation. Just a few miles shy of his hometown in Detroit, Tommye now lives in Novi, Michigan.
Manuscript Consulting at Bear River:
Don’t fret—there is no one way to think about a poetry manuscript’s shape. Such an undertaking, however, requires a careful and honest listening to the poems at hand. Together at Bear River, let’s eavesdrop on your excerpted manuscript’s gossip, look at the ways the poems work together and/or bicker. Side by side, we will look toward the work’s instances of collusion and tension to explore different structural possibilities moving forward. Of course, please bring your questions and concerns—either large or small—to the table. It is my sincerest hope that you will leave energized about what your book might become.
