Tom Healy

Tom Healy is a poet and essayist. He is the author of three books, VELVET (Monk Books, 2016) ANIMAL SPIRITS (Monk Books, 2013), and WHAT THE RIGHT HAND KNOWS, (Four Way Books, 2009) which was a finalist for the 2009 L.A. Times Book Prize and the Lambda Literary Award. His essays, poems and criticism have appeared in many literary journals and anthologies. Healy led the Fulbright Scholars program under President Obama and served on President Clinton's Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. In 2006, he was awarded the New York City Arts Award by Mayor Michael Bloomberg for leading rebuilding efforts for the downtown arts community after 9/11. Healy has taught at NYU and the New School. He is chair of the O, Miami Poetry Festival and a trustee of The Bass Museum and PEN America, He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a juror for The Gotham Book Prize. He studied at Harvard and Columbia.