TONY TOST

'Tony Tost' (born 1975) is an American poet. His first book ''Invisible Bride'' won the 2003 Walt Whitman Award judged by C.D. Wright.[1]
Tost was born in Springfield, Missouri, and raised in Enumclaw, Washington. He is a graduate of Green River Community College in Auburn, Washington, and College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. Tost graduated with a master of fine arts degree from the University of Arkansas.Academy of American Poets Web site: Tony Tost Exhibit/author page, accessed November 17, 2006
He is the founding editor of the online poetry magazine ''Fascicle'' and previously a co-editor and co-founder, with Zachary Schomburg, of ''Octopus Magazine''. Tost's engagement with poetry's social, political, aesthetic, and ethical dynamics extends into the poetry blogosphere, through his weblog The Unquiet Grave, or an ongoing dialogue with other weblogs, such as Ron Silliman's blog: Silliman's Blog[2].
His poems have appeared in the literary journals ''Fence'', ''Field'', ''Spinning Jenny'', ''Typo'', ''Quarter After Eight'', ''Goodfoot'', ''Localist'', ''can we have our ball back?'', and others. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.

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Bibliography



★ ''Invisible Bride'' (2004)

★ ''World Jelly'' (2005)

★ ''Complex Sleep'' (2007)

Notes


1. Walt Whitman Award Web page from the Academy of American Poets Web site
2. ie., scroll down to the commentary section for Silliman's post for July 17, 2007 as Tost discusses his position vis-a-vis Silliman's School of Quietude appellation.


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