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Zoe Tuck was born in Texas, became a person in California, and now lives in Western Massachusetts. Her work explores queer and trans life, and the spirituality of reading. She is the author of Bedroom Vowel (BUNNY Presse, 2023) and Terror Matrix (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2014), as well as the chapbooks The Book of Bella (Doublecross Press), bound in a dos-a-dos edition with Emily Hunerwadel's Peach Woman, and Vape Cloud of Unknowing (Belladonna* Collaborative). A member of Belladonna* Collaborative, she also co-edits Hot Pink Magazine with Emily Bark Brown. She teaches creative writing and literature classes through Threshold Academy and elsewhere. ...more

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	Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics by T.C. Tolbert (Editor), Trace Peterson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), T.T. Jax (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terror Matrix 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bedroom Vowel 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's night in San Francisco but it's sunny in Oakland by Otis Pig (Editor), Amy Berkowitz (Goodreads Author), Ted Rees really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hold: a journal (Hold: a journal, #1) by Cheena Marie Lo (Editor), Marcus Lund (Editor), Tessa Micaela Landreau-Grasmuck (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By the Slice by Nate Logan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Amy Berkowitz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Zoe Tuck (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Every Poem I Wrote From 1 to 14 December 2020 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Bella / Peach Woman by Zoe Tuck (Goodreads Author), Emily Hunerwadel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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