When I leave this planet I am going to leave it naked - "Common Air"
Extinction Studies is a chapbook that considers how we preserve in language the wealth of life that our species has doomed to disappear. There is a gesture in the collection towards catalog, an attempt to give a voice to these animals. What I appreciated most about this collection was Tuckner's willingness to engage with other art pieces and scholars as point of reference, as with the poems "Jack Rabbit" and the eponymous "Extinction Studies." A quick, contemplative read.