Tom Driscoll

Poet

Lowell, MA
Massachusetts US
Email: 
tomdriscoll61@gmail.com
Website: 
tomdriscollwriting.com

Author's Bio

Tom Driscoll has published three previous collections of poetry—Odd Numbers, Instead of Peace, and Absence Singing as well as several chapbooks, a collection of song lyrics, and selection of short prose. He lives in Lowell Massachusetts with his wife, artist Denise Driscoll. The Champion of Doubt will publish in summer of 2023.

 

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Yearning to breathe free (Moonstone Press, 2017)
Book:
The Champion of Doubt (Finishing Line Press, 2023)
Journals:
Paterson Literary Review
,
Worcester Review
Prizes won: 

Tom’s poem ‘Duty Leave Home’ won the Robert P. Collén Poetry Prize in 2017.

‘Notes on Demolition’ was selected an Editor’s Choice for the Allen Ginsberg Prize in 2021

‘This isn’t the first time’ received Third Place in The Frank O’Hara Prize —also in 2021.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Quibcy, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Franklin, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Oct 08, 2022