Andy Towle

Andy Towle
Andy Towle on the Great South Bay of Long Island
EducationVassar College (BA)
Occupation(s)Writer, publisher, and media commentator

Andy Towle /ˈtoʊl/ is an American artist and writer based in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Background

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Towle was born in Chicago, Illinois  in 1967. He attended Oak Park and River Forest High School (’85). Towle holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees from Vassar College (’89) in Art History and English.

Career

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Towle was one of the organizers of a large New York City demonstration against California Proposition 8.[1]

Upon graduating, Towle was awarded the 1989 W.K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts from Vassar College.[2] He also received a Wallace Stegner graduate fellowship from 1989 to 1991 from Stanford University,[3] and two writing fellowships, one in poetry and one in fiction, from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts.[4]

While in Provincetown he produced poetry, and worked as a pool boy and a bartender at The Boatslip Resort. After moving to New York in 1992, he became a bartender and later a manager at the 1990s Manhattan gay bar Splash.

From 1998 to 2002, Towle served as the editor in chief of Genre magazine,[5] and editor at large for The Out Traveler,[6] an American gay travel quarterly.

Towle's poetry appeared in The Yale Review (May 1991),[7] Ploughshares (Winter 1992–93),[8][9][10] The Paris Review in 2000,[11] and in Poetry Magazine (July 1988,[12][13] November 1988,[14] February 1991,[15] May 1997,[16] and July 1999).[17]

Towle founded the website Towleroad in 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

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References

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  1. ^ NYC Protest and Civil Rights March Opposing Proposition 8, Andy Towle, Towelroad.com, November 13, 2008; accessed November 14, 2008.
  2. ^ "WK Rose Fellows - Fellowships and Pre-Health Advising - Vassar College". fellowships.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  3. ^ "Former Stegner Fellows | Creative Writing Program". creativewriting.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  4. ^ "All Fellows Alphabetical". FINE ARTS WORK CENTER in Provincetown. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  5. ^ Jim Buzinski; Cyd Zeigler (2007). The Outsports Revolution. Alyson. ISBN 978-1-59350-005-4.
  6. ^ "Andy Towle". The Maynard Institute. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  7. ^ "VOLUME LXXIX, NO. 4 (May 1991-Summer 1990)". The Yale Review. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  8. ^ "Hard Evidence | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  9. ^ "Sea Migration | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  10. ^ "In Consideration: The White Pitcher | Ploughshares". www.pshares.org. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  11. ^ Towle, Andrew (2000). "Two Poems". Paris Review. Vol. Winter 2000, no. 157. ISSN 0031-2037. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  12. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06). "Between Stations by Andrew Towle | Nocturne by Andrew Towle". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  13. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06). "Between Stations by Andrew Towle". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  14. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06). "The Dead Sea at Dinner by Andrew Towle". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  15. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06). "Luna Moth by Andrew Towle". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  16. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06). "Vanished by Andrew Towle". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  17. ^ Foundation, Poetry (2020-02-06). "Objects of Desire by Andrew Towle". Poetry Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  18. ^ Here Publishing (6 June 2006). "The Advocate". The Advocate: The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine. Here Publishing: 20–. ISSN 0001-8996.
  19. ^ "It's Time: A Message From Andy Towle - Towleroad Gay News". 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  20. ^ "Gay Blogger Andy Towle Exits Towleroad". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  21. ^ Zeigler, Cyd. "Thank you, Andy Towle, for over two decades of amazing work in gay media". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  22. ^ Kearns, Pat (2024-06-19). "Three Provincetown Painters Display Whimsy, Masculinity, and Identity". The Provincetown Independent. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
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