The Loneliest Whale in the World

What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table?

Poetry books! The Loneliest Whale in the World, Adjusting to the Lights, Here Lies, and What Feels Like Love: New and Selected Poems. Also I hope to show my short film, You’re Not Alone, on a laptop.

Whom do you invite to stop by? Who will benefit from reading your book?

I would love to talk with readers and cinephiles. Also anyone interested in autism, adoption, or suicide prevention – all topics addressed in my writing.

Could you please tell us something curious about you and/or your book?

I used to front a family rock band:https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Get-Cops-Called-Mini-Mes/ dp/B07V5Q8J88

Is this your first time participating in Kentucky Book Festival? If yes – what are you looking forward to the most? If you’ve participated before – what was your favorite experience at the Festival?

It will be my first time.

About the Author

A professor of English and Creative Writing at Western Kentucky University since 2003, Tom C. Hunley has published eight full-length poetry collections, eight chapbooks, and two textbooks, as well as written and co-directed You’re Not Alone, a short film produced by Forerunner TV. The poems in his latest collection, The Loneliest Whale in the World, have been called “prayers [and] a way to remind us that we are not alone, that there is a world inside this world, and it is beautiful.”

The Loneliest Whale in the World

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