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Zoe Tuck

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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) 4.49 avg rating — 232 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 4.22 avg rating — 23 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
	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
	Bedroom Vowel 4.92 avg rating — 13 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
	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
	A User’s Guide to the Invisible World: Selected Interviews by Peter Gizzi, Zoe Tuck (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 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
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I really wonder how this list looks out of context! These are authors or texts that have appeared so far in the “Reading as Refuge” chapter in my reading book. (Definitely more texts than we’ll be reading in my upcoming Reading as Refuge class!) Mostly in order of appearance and they might not all stay. This is a snapshot of a work-in-progress and also tells on my habit of working ready-to-hand so

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The Gray Notebook (New York Review Books Classics)

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