Tommye Blount

Tommye Blount, author of Fantasia for the Man in Blue, discusses Spencer Reece's 'Interlude' with captivating analysis and admiration for its complexity and structure. The podcast delves into the powerful ending and themes of defiance in the poem, explores Spencer Reece's work as an openly gay Episcopal priest, and highlights the absence of commas and shifting centers in 21st-century poetry. The hosts also express appreciation, give shoutouts, and encourage engagement from listeners.

Tommye Blount, an inimitable poet from Detroit, Michigan, discusses the influence of Detroit on his poetry, the journey to his first book, and the intersection of music and poetry. They also explore the subjective nature of truth in poetry and the uncomfortable dynamics that arise when he is intimate with white men as a gay black man. Blount's poetry combines celebration and anger, and each poem is a mixture of both.