Anthony Tognazzini

Anthony Tognazzini was born in 1969 in Orange, California. He is a Californio, descended from the Carrillo family which includes the Mexican Governor of Alta California, Carlos Antonio Carrillo. Tognazzini grew up in a military family in the Philippines, Spain, Texas, and California.{{cite web|url=https://electricliterature.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-apolitical-writing-an-interview-with-anthony-tognazzini-9a1dc923175a|title=There Is No Such Thing as Apolitical Writing: an Interview with Anthony Tognazzini|first=Caitlin|last=(Katie)|date=16 July 2015|website=Electric Literature}} He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz and Indiana University Bloomington, and has taught at New York University, the College of Wooster, and The New School.{{cite web|url=https://www.wooster.edu/bios/atognazzini/|title=Anthony Tognazzini - The College of Wooster|website=www.wooster.edu|access-date=2018-01-07|archive-date=2018-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107175101/https://www.wooster.edu/bios/atognazzini/|url-status=dead}}

He is the author of a collection of short fiction, I Carry A Hammer In My Pocket For Occasions Such As These, published in 2007 by BOA.{{cite web|url=https://www.boaeditions.org/collections/anthony-tognazzini/products/i-carry-a-hammer-in-my-pocket-for-occasions-such-as-these|title=I Carry A Hammer In My Pocket For Occasions Such As These|website=BOA Editions, Ltd.}} A review of the collection in Bomb said, "Tognazzini deconstructs universal moments with language, revealing underlying beauty and bliss."{{Cite web|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/anthony-tognazzis-i-carry-a-hammer-in-my-pocket-for-occasions-such-as-these/|title=BOMB Magazine | Anthony Tognazzi's I Carry a Hammer in My Pocket for…|date=1 April 2007|website=BOMB Magazine|accessdate=17 August 2023}} His work has appeared in Electric Literature,{{cite news|url=https://electricliterature.com/neighbors-by-anthony-tognazzini-recommended-by-electric-literature-8eadfe04c32|title=Neighbors – Electric Literature|newspaper=Electric Literature |date=15 July 2015|publisher=}} TriQuarterly, Guernica,{{cite web|url=https://www.guernicamag.com/thugs/|title=Thugs|date=15 October 2015|publisher=}} and Crazyhorse.

His short story "Neighbors," published by Electric Literature, was chosen for Selected Shorts and performed by actors Michael Imperioli and Cristin Milioti at Symphony Space in New York City in April 2017. The recording was distributed to radio stations through Public Radio International.{{cite web|url=http://www.selectedshorts.org/2017/12/too-hot-for-radio-anthony-tognazzini-neighbors/|title=Too Hot For Radio Anthony Tognazzini "Neighbors" - Selected Shorts|date=14 December 2017|publisher=}}

He lives in Ohio.

• Ohio Arts Council - Individual Excellence Award{{cite web | url=http://oac.ohio.gov/News-Events/ArtsOhio-Blog/PostId/246/ohio-artists-receive-individual-excellence-awards | title=ArtsOhio Blog | Ohio Artists Receive Individual Excellence Awards}}
• Yaddo[https://www.yaddo.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/AnnualReport2015_WEB.pdf Annual report] yaddo.org
• Djerassi Resident Artists Program{{Cite web |url=http://www.djerassi.org/pdfs/2014-June.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-01-07 |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152443/http://djerassi.org/pdfs/2014-June.pdf |url-status=dead}}
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship
• Millay Colony for the Arts Fellowship{{cite web|url=https://www.millaycolony.org/artists-2015/ |title=Artists 2015 - The Millay Colony for the Arts |publisher=Millaycolony.org |date=2014-09-16 |accessdate=2018-09-24}}

• [https://www.boaeditions.org/collections/anthony-tognazzini/products/i-carry-a-hammer-in-my-pocket-for-occasions-such-as-these I Carry A Hammer In My Pocket For Occasions Such As These (BOA 2007)]
• [https://www.guernicamag.com/thugs/ "Thugs" in Guernica, Fall 2015]
• [https://electricliterature.com/neighbors-by-anthony-tognazzini-recommended-by-electric-literature-8eadfe04c32 "Neighbors"in Electric Literature, Summer 2015]
• [https://www.guernicamag.com/have-you-heard-anything/ "Have You Heard Anything? in Guernica, Winter 2012]
• [http://www.triquarterly.org/issues/issue-142/treehouse "The Treehouse" in TriQuarterly, Summer 2012]

• {{cite book| title=New Micro: Norton Anthology of Exceptionally Short Fiction |editor1=James Thomas |editor2=Robert Scotellaro | publisher=Norton | year=2018| isbn=978-0393354706}}{{cite web|url=http://newflashfiction.com/3-stories-from-nffr-chosen-for-new-norton-anthology/|title=New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction|date=27 April 2018|accessdate=30 October 2018}}
• {{cite book| title=Flashed: Sudden Stories in Comics and Prose |editor1=Sari Wilson |editor2=Josh Neufeld | publisher=Pressgang | year=2016| isbn=978-0990636427}}{{cite web|url=http://flashedthebook.tumblr.com|title=Flashed|work=flashedthebook.tumblr.com|accessdate=6 January 2018}}
• {{cite book| title=The Return of Kral Majales (Prague's International Literary Renaissance 1990-2010) | editor=Louis Armand | publisher=Univerzita Karlova| year=2010 | isbn=978-8073083021}}{{cite web|url=https://litterariapragensia.wordpress.com/2013/10/05/the-return-of-kral-majales/|title=The Return of Kral Majales|date=5 October 2013|accessdate=14 February 2018}}
• {{cite book| title=PP/FF: An Anthology | editor=Peter Conners | publisher=Starcherone Books| year=2006 | isbn=978-0970316516}}{{cite book|title=PP/FF: An Anthology|isbn=0970316518|last1=Conners|first1=Peter H.|year=2006|publisher=Starcherone Books}}
• {{cite book| title=Sudden Stories: The Mammoth Book of Miniscule Fiction | editor=Dinty W. Moore | publisher=Mammoth Books| year=2003 | isbn=978-0971805958}}{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59674675|title=Sudden Stories: The Mammoth Book of Miniscule Fiction|isbn=9780971805958|oclc=59674675|accessdate=14 February 2018|last1=Moore|first1=Dinty W.|year=2003|publisher=Mammoth Books}}

• [https://electricliterature.com/there-is-no-such-thing-as-apolitical-writing-an-interview-with-anthony-tognazzini-9a1dc923175a "There Is No Such Thing as Apolitical Writing: an Interview with Anthony Tognazzini" in Electric Literature, Summer 2015]
• [https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2-2-can-cake/ "2 + 2 can = Cake: A Conversation with Dean Young and Anthony Tognazzini" in Bomb, Fall 2012]

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• [http://www.anthonytognazzini.com Official Homepage]
• [https://www.wooster.edu/bios/atognazzini/ Anthony Tognazzini at The College of Wooster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107175101/https://www.wooster.edu/bios/atognazzini/ |date=2018-01-07}}
• [https://www.wnyc.org/story/too-hot-for-radio-anthony-tognazzini-neighbors "Neighbors" performed by Michael Imperioli and Cristin Milioti for Selected Shorts]

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