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Tommye Blount<\/h2>\n
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A Cave Canem alumnus, Tommye Blount is the author of Fantasia for the Man in Blue<\/em> (Four Way Books, 2020), a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award, and What Are We Not For<\/em> (Bull City Press, 2016). A graduate from Warren Wilson College\u2019s MFA Program for Writers, he has been the recipient of scholarships and fellowships from Kresge Arts in Detroit and Bread Loaf Writers\u2019 Conference. Born and raised in Detroit, Blount now lives in the nearby suburb of Novi, Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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