Tony Tost

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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.[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 Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Invisible Bride (2004)
  • World Jelly (2005)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ [1] Walt Whitman Award Web page from the Academy of American Poets Web site
  2. ^ [2]Academy of American Poets Web site, Web page titled "Tony Tost", accessed November 17, 2006