{"id":66,"date":"2018-04-24T01:21:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T01:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/westernmassqtwriters\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2018-05-11T14:29:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T14:29:47","slug":"zoe-tuck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/westernmassqtwriters\/zoe-tuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe Tuck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zoe Tuck \u00ab\u00a0Under the Influence\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ow_CHbBOcA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, but a native to Texas and former inhabitant of the Bay Area, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoetuck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zoe Tuck<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a trans\/queer poet. Her work appears in poetry anthologies <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fcaw.library.umass.edu\/F\/?func=direct&amp;doc_number=012742303&amp;doc_library=FCL01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/spookygirlfriendpress.tumblr.com\/post\/128129108772\/chapbook-length-anthology-of-12-pizza-poems-by\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the Slice<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timelessinfinitelight.com\/collections\/books\/products\/zoe-tuck-br-terror-matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Terror Matrix<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (2014), supported by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timelessinfinitelight.com\/pages\/zoetuck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Timeless, Infinite Light<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is Zoe\u2019s first published book of poetry. Her current work in progress is <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thefanzine.com\/summer-arcana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summer Arcana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Zoe is a co-editor for the poetry collective work, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/holdajournal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">HOLD: a journal<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and has contributed work to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datableedzine.com\/issue-two\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DATABLEED zine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thefanzine.com\/author\/zoet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fanzine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dusie.org\/issuefifteen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dusie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/textsound.org\/index.php?ISSUE=18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">textsound<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganquarterlyreview.com\/?s=zoe+tuck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michigan Quarterly Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. She is active in the community of poetry with interests in queer sci-fi, trans-mythography, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbayexpress.com\/CultureSpyBlog\/archives\/2014\/05\/09\/writer-zoe-tuck-explores-the-terror-matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government skepticism<\/a>, and \u2018safe poetic exercise in S&amp;M\u2019. Zoe hosts in-home poetry readings in a series called But Also. Outside the realm of publication, Zoe has taught classes on <a href=\"https:\/\/timelessinfinitelight.com\/pages\/zoetuck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vampire Poetics and ghosts\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">at the Bay Area Public School and takes part in experimental filmmaking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808080\"><i>&#8216;when I was in the boy&#8217;s<br \/>\nchoir there were lots of<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"> <i>jokes about castrati and<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"> <i>maybe I am stating th<\/i>e<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"> <i>obvious but you know it&#8217;s<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"> <i>not about lack, right?<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #808080\"><i>Loan officers have taken<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"> <i>more from me than a surgeon<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080\"> <i>or prescribing physician ever will.&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Excerpt from<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datableedzine.com\/zoetuckonceuponatime\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once Upon a Time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Zoe Tuck<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68\" style=\"width: 406px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-68\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/westernmassqtwriters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/442\/2018\/04\/Zoe-Tuck-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of Zoe Tuck, reading from a book with a black background.\" width=\"406\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/westernmassqtwriters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/442\/2018\/04\/Zoe-Tuck-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/westernmassqtwriters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/442\/2018\/04\/Zoe-Tuck.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoe Tuck reading from Troubling the Line, taken from <a href=\"https:\/\/timelessinfinitelight.com\/pages\/zoetuck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Timeless, Infinite Light.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><b>Selected Works<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datableedzine.com\/zoetuckonceuponatime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once Upon a Time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, DATABLEED<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datableedzine.com\/zoetuckwhodied\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who Died<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, DATABLEED<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datableedzine.com\/zoetuckhumancultures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Human Cultures of Texas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, DATABLEED<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefanzine.com\/summer-arcana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Excerpt from Summer Arcana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Fanzine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dusie.org\/Zoe%20Tuck.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rules for the direction of<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Dusie<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/textsound.org\/index.php?VOL=1&amp;ISSUE=18&amp;TRACK=12nbspfromnbspRulesnbspfornbspthenbspDirectionnbspofnbspWaternbsp1.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from Rules of the Direction of Water 1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, textsound<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/textsound.org\/index.php?VOL=1&amp;ISSUE=18&amp;TRACK=13nbspfromnbspRulesnbspfornbspthenbspDirectionnbspofnbspWaternbsp2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from Rules of the Direction of Water 2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, textsound<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/textsound.org\/index.php?VOL=1&amp;ISSUE=18&amp;TRACK=14nbspfromnbspRulesnbspfornbspthenbspDirectionnbspofnbspWaternbsp3.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from Rules of the Direction of Water 3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, textsound<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Bibliography<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Terror Matrix<\/em>. Oakland, CA : Timeless, Infinite Light, 2014.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333\"><a style=\"color: #333333\" href=\"https:\/\/timelessinfinitelight.com\/collections\/books\/products\/zoe-tuck-br-terror-matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link to Free pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333\"><a style=\"color: #333333\" href=\"https:\/\/fcaw.library.umass.edu\/F\/?func=direct&amp;doc_number=014441660&amp;doc_library=FCL01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link to MHC LITS access<\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a style=\"color: #333333\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/95039203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to Book Trailer<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics.<\/em> Callicoon, N.Y. : Nightboat books, 2013.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fcaw.library.umass.edu\/F\/?func=direct&amp;doc_number=012742303&amp;doc_library=FCL01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link to MHC LITS access<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>By the Slice<\/em>. Spooky Girlfriend Press (August 13, 2014)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spookygirlfriendpress.tumblr.com\/post\/128129108772\/chapbook-length-anthology-of-12-pizza-poems-by\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link to publisher\u2019s site<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Readings<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0ow_CHbBOcA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poetry Reading by Zoe Tuck<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/emtab.org\/under-the-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under the Influence<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Blog Posts <\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganquarterlyreview.com\/2014\/08\/on-escapism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Escapism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Michigan Quarterly Review<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganquarterlyreview.com\/2014\/07\/creating-our-own-lexicon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating Our Own Lexicon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Michigan Quarterly Review<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganquarterlyreview.com\/2014\/10\/oaklands-vampire-poetics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oakland\u2019s Vampire Poetics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Michigan Quarterly Review<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Reviews &amp; Interviews<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbayexpress.com\/CultureSpyBlog\/archives\/2014\/05\/09\/writer-zoe-tuck-explores-the-terror-matrix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Writer Zoe Tuck Explores the \u2018Terror Matrix\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<em> East Bay Express<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thevoltablog.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/08\/review-terror-matrix-by-zoe-tuck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">REVIEW Terror Matrix by Zoe Tuck<\/span><\/a>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em> The Volta<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/htmlgiant.com\/?s=alexandra+naughton%27s+summer+reads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexandra Naugthon\u2019s SUMMER READS.<\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &lt;HTMLGIANT&gt;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/entropymag.org\/best-of-2014-best-poetry-books-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best of 2014: Best Poetry Books and Collections<\/span><\/a>. <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entropy<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/harriet\/2014\/05\/we-probably-need-like-10-vidas-zoe-tuck-and-axes-for-the-frozen-sea-inside-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8216;We Probably Need, Like, 10 Vidas&#8217;: Zoe Tuck and Axes for the Frozen Sea Inside Us.<\/span><\/a> <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Poetry Foundation<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/wavesbreaking\/interview-with-zoe-tuck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interview with Zoe Tuck.<\/span><\/a><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Waves Breaking<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Note: This page was created by Bennett de Paula<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Currently, a graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, but a native to Texas and former inhabitant of the Bay Area, Zoe Tuck is a trans\/queer poet. 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