death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality fields workplaces birth_date article_title name alma_mater
27 november 2009 boise , idaho portland , oregon 250px american literature boise state university , hemingway western studies center 14 march 1944 tom trusky
 anthony thomas trusky university of oregon northwestern university trinity college
tom trusky

anthony thomas `` tom '' trusky -lrb- 14 march 1944 -- 28 november 2009 -rrb- was an american professor , poet , writer , editor , film historian , and book artist .
he is known for promoting western regional poetry , recovering the films of nell shipman , and rediscovering and promoting the work of idaho outsider artist james castle .
trusky was a professor of english at boise state university from 1970 to 2009 and director of hemingway western studies center from 1991 to 2009 .
