Andy Towle
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Andy Towle | |
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| Education | Vassar College(BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, publisher, and media commentator |
Andy Towle/ˈtoʊl/is an American artist and writer based inProvincetown, Massachusetts.
Background
[edit]Towle was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1967. He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School (’85). Towle holds twoBachelor of Artsdegrees fromVassar College(’89) in Art History and English.
Career
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Upon graduating, Towle was awarded the 1989 W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts fromVassar College.[2]He also received aWallace Stegnergraduate fellowship from 1989 to 1991 fromStanford University,[3]and two writing fellowships, one in poetry and one in fiction, from theFine Arts Work CenterinProvincetown,Massachusetts.[4]
While in Provincetown he produced poetry, and worked as a pool boy and a bartender atThe BoatslipResort. After moving to New York in 1992, he became a bartender and later a manager at the 1990s Manhattan gay barSplash.
From 1998 to 2002, Towle served as theeditor in chiefofGenremagazine,[5]and editor at large forThe Out Traveler,[6]an American gay travel quarterly.
Towle's poetry appeared inThe Yale Review(May 1991),[7]Ploughshares(Winter 1992–93),[8][9][10]The Paris Reviewin 2000,[11]and inPoetry Magazine(July 1988,[12][13]November 1988,[14]February 1991,[15]May 1997,[16]and July 1999).[17]
Towle founded the websiteTowleroadin 2003[18]and left in 2021[19][20][21]to focus full time on a career in visual art.
In June 2024, Towle held his first solo painting show at Provincetown Commons in Provincetown, Massachusetts.[22]
See also
[edit]- LGBT culture in New York City
- List of LGBT people from New York City
- New Yorkers in journalism
- NYC Pride March
- Poetry analysis
References
[edit]- ^NYC Protest and Civil Rights March Opposing Proposition 8,Andy Towle, Towelroad, November 13, 2008; accessed November 14, 2008.
- ^"WK Rose Fellows - Fellowships and Pre-Health Advising - Vassar College".fellowships.vassar.edu.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^"Former Stegner Fellows | Creative Writing Program".creativewriting.stanford.edu.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^"All Fellows Alphabetical".FINE ARTS WORK CENTER in Provincetown.Retrieved2024-07-29.
- ^Jim Buzinski; Cyd Zeigler (2007).The Outsports Revolution.Alyson.ISBN978-1-59350-005-4.
- ^"Andy Towle".The Maynard Institute.Archived fromthe originalon 13 August 2016.Retrieved26 June2016.
- ^"VOLUME LXXIX, NO. 4 (May 1991-Summer 1990)".The Yale Review.2015-07-09.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^"Hard Evidence | Ploughshares".pshares.org.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^"Sea Migration | Ploughshares".pshares.org.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^"In Consideration: The White Pitcher | Ploughshares".pshares.org.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Towle, Andrew (2000)."Two Poems".Paris Review.Vol. Winter 2000, no. 157.ISSN0031-2037.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06)."Between Stations by Andrew Towle | Nocturne by Andrew Towle".Poetry Magazine.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06)."Between Stations by Andrew Towle".Poetry Magazine.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06)."The Dead Sea at Dinner by Andrew Towle".Poetry Magazine.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06)."Luna Moth by Andrew Towle".Poetry Magazine.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06)."Vanished by Andrew Towle".Poetry Magazine.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06)."Objects of Desire by Andrew Towle".Poetry Magazine.Retrieved2020-02-06.
- ^Here Publishing (6 June 2006)."The Advocate".The Advocate: The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine.Here Publishing: 20–.ISSN0001-8996.
- ^"It's Time: A Message From Andy Towle - Towleroad Gay News".2021-02-28.Retrieved2024-07-29.
- ^"Gay Blogger Andy Towle Exits Towleroad".advocate.Retrieved2024-07-29.
- ^Zeigler, Cyd."Thank you, Andy Towle, for over two decades of amazing work in gay media".OutSports.Retrieved2024-07-29.
- ^Kearns, Pat (2024-06-19)."Three Provincetown Painters Display Whimsy, Masculinity, and Identity".The Provincetown Independent.Retrieved2024-07-29.
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