Matthew Tuckner
@tuckner_matthew
PhD student at @UofUEnglish. Editor of @QuarterlyWest. Book: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Four Way Books, 2025)
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Four Way Books, 2025) Cover Art by Brian Christensen
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what are they pumping into the water at Bennington
I was able to hold my first book today! Pre-orders are arriving now: fourwaybooks.com/site/the-decli…
I'm excited to share that you can now pre-order my debut collection, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, over at the Four Way Books website: fourwaybooks.com/site/the-decli….
✨ CO(HH)VER REVEAL ✨ OHHV, out 10/14! You can pre-order with Bookshop.org + receive a 15% discount during Pride Month! (Promo code: PRIDE15) bookshop.org/lists/visionar…
The whole spread! Thank you to Terrance Hayes, Timothy Donnelly, and Catherine Barnett for their kind words.
Beloveds, I'm beyond grateful to share that my debut full-length poetry collection, DIVINE HOURS, is forthcoming from @FourWayBooks! Massive thanks to my agent, Annie DeWitt, all the homies, and my ancestors.🫶🏾✨
What an honor to be part of this incredible lineup for National Poetry Month! 🦉🌼🪚🐍🥛 Gratitude to @The_Rumpus National Poetry Month: Kieron Walquist therumpus.net/2025/04/07/npm… via @the_rumpus
It was a wonderful AWP! And it is even more wonderful to arrive home with the new issue of @PassagesNorth where I'm lucky to have a poem from my second manuscript alongside many friends. Thanks very much to the editors for including me!
There Will Be Blood Punch Drunk Love The Master Phantom Thread Magnolia Boogie Nights Licorice Pizza Hard Eight Inherent Vice
PTA ranking: There Will Be Blood Phantom Thread The Master Boogie Nights Magnolia Punch-Drunk Love Liccorice Pizza Inherent Vice Hard Eight
Extra super excited to finally share this! THE LAUGHING BARREL will published with @AliceJamesBooks in Spring 2027 💜🥳💜🥳 you can preorder now (for 20% off) at this link: bit.ly/laughingbarrel
Some exciting news! Alice James will publish @deesoulpoetry's debut poetry collection, THE LAUGHING BARREL, in April 2027. THE LAUGHING BARREL was a finalist for the 2025 Alice James Award, and we're elated that this collection and Carson have found a home with AJB 💛 Learn more…
Submit to our Chapbook contest!
We are excited to announce that our annual open-genre CHAPBOOK CONTEST will begin accepting submissions on 3/15! This year our judge is MAGGIE MILLNER! The winner receives $1000, publication, and author copies. We will also be publishing a runner-up and one editors' choice!
Honored to have a poem from my second manuscript in the new issue of @32_Poems! Thanks to the editors for including me.
We are excited to announce that our annual open-genre CHAPBOOK CONTEST will begin accepting submissions on 3/15! This year our judge is MAGGIE MILLNER! The winner receives $1000, publication, and author copies. We will also be publishing a runner-up and one editors' choice!
Send us your best!!
On March 15th, Quarterly West will open for general submissions in POETRY and PROSE. Get those packets ready!
On March 15th, Quarterly West will open for general submissions in POETRY and PROSE. Get those packets ready!
Moron
Now that it's been a few days, a few words on Lynch:
I love Jorie.
Actually it’s the ketamine he’s on all day every day
We are ecstatic to announce that our Spring 2025 books are now officially available for pre-order! Go explore the 12 exceptional titles we have coming out on March 15 here: fourwaybooks.com/site/spring-20… ✨🎊
Absolutely insane thing to say ab a guy that implied a direct lineage between the atomic bomb and incest lmao
Actually it’s the ketamine he’s on all day every day
A devasting, incomprehensible loss but some solace knowing David Lynch's final major work was an 18-hour magnum opus made entirely on his terms. I'll never forget what a staggering experience it was seeing it entirely in a theater. Thank you for all the joy and the nightmares.