Karen Tucker

No Kings march Durham

You mean like inventing something that can't turn a profit unless you steal the resources necessary to power it?

Bob and Sergio from One Battle After Another

Thinking about them

I was so lucky to be interviewed by the amazing @karentucker.bsky.social for Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art about my book First Aid for Choking Victims from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. We talked about power dynamics and interior lives. Give it a read

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Thank you!!!

What an honor it was to discuss Guatemalan Rhapsody with this wonderful human. Thank you to the @michiganquarterly.bsky.social for giving this interview a home.

Confidant and Conduit: An Interview with Jared Lemus Guatemalan Rhapsody by Jared Lemus is one of those rare books that hits the sweet spot of being at once escapist and deeply engaging. Reading it, I felt the exhilaration of being plunged into the w…

Delighted to have an interview with @jaredlemus.bsky.social up today @michiganquarterly.bsky.social in celebration of his fantastic story collection GUATEMALAN RHAPSODY.

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What Dramatic Federal Cuts Mean for North Carolina Libraries The latest independent federal agency on President Trump's chopping block has channeled over $30 million to state libraries since 2020.

Last year, in 2024, North Carolina was awarded $2,527,641 through IMLS’s Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). The grants were disbursed to 41 libraries, in a broad range of amounts, across the North Carolina library system.

An absolute honor to be included in this list with so many other wonderful writers. 💛💛💛

Cover of Missouri Review showing the full silhouette of a dark-coated person's back and a tree on a hill overlooking a town at dusk with the windows lit up.

Proud to have a new story, "Mrs. Foxfur," in the Missouri Review. Big thanks to the editors and readers there. This story started out as a fairy tale retelling and kind of morphed into I don't know what. missourireview.com/article/mrs-...

🙏 Our 2024 titles are all 24% off! Thank you for a wonderful year! https://buff.ly/3VtSnV1

A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo

I'm honored to have a piece in Hingston and Olsen's 10th anniversary Short Story Advent Calendar. My story, "The Lottery," appears alongside work by the likes of Carmen Maria Machado and Ed Park. Check out this beaut!
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