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Pics
Tony with Chris Matthews at the Library of Congress. Tony received a special commendation for Peace Corps Writers from Congressman John Garamendi.
Tony with Eric Volz in Tipitapa Prison, Nicaragua
Playboy Book Jackets Photo Shoot
Young Lions Awards, Tony's suit courtesy of Arnold Brant
Tony with Sean Penn at the LA Book Awards, Tony's suit courtesy of Arnold Brant
Interviews
TV and Radio
American Public Media's Marketplace w/ Kai Ryssdal
Michael Silverblatt's Bookworm
BBC's Excess Baggage @ minute 19:54
Recent Stories and Essays
Flavorwire's 10 Literary Road Trips
Closing the Book on Costner - Pensacola Independent
How to Keep Your Agent - GalleyCat
Tony on JM Coetzee for the NBCC
Life During Wartime: Ivory Coast, 2000, The New Yorker
Club Des Amis - The New Yorker - 2005-08-29
Recordings
Listen to Tony read his poem Old Friends
Listen to Tony reading from Whiteman at Virginia Commonwealth University courtesy of Blackbird
Thanks to Jack-of-Spades for the denim!
Playboy recreated a scene from Whiteman for their Book Jackets photo shoot. Here, Tony as 'Jack' offers yams to 'Mazatou' from his story The Lahou Birds. The picture ran in the infamous issue with Jessica Alba on the cover.
Fashion by Joseph De Acetis
Photography by Judson Baker
Women's styling by Kathy Kalafut