Karen Tucker
@karentucker.bsky.social
Emotional Support Animal, Author of BEWILDERNESS (Catapult)
www.karen-tucker.com
www.karen-tucker.com
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You mean like inventing something that can't turn a profit unless you steal the resources necessary to power it?
don't worry, Sam Altman is confident that his efforts to eliminate vast numbers of jobs will all just sort of work out for the unemployed, eventually, possibly after they starve to death, which is technically a form of having it work out
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Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With
Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.
futurism.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
You mean like inventing something that can't turn a profit unless you steal the resources necessary to power it?
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Thinking about them
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thinking about them
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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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Subtle Frictions and Power Dynamics: A Conversation with Matthew Zanoni Müller - Gulf Coast Literary Journal
Matthew Zanoni Müller and I first met in 2008 as wide-eyed incoming students at Warren Wilson College’s MFA Program for Writers. After graduating, we kept in periodic touch over texts and …
gulfcoastmag.org
August 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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
gulfcoastmag.org/stories/subt...
gulfcoastmag.org/stories/subt...
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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.
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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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…
tinyurl.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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.
Delighted to have an interview with @jaredlemus.bsky.social up today @michiganquarterly.bsky.social in celebration of his fantastic story collection GUATEMALAN RHAPSODY.
tinyurl.com/bdfynyde
tinyurl.com/bdfynyde
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…
tinyurl.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Delighted to have an interview with @jaredlemus.bsky.social up today @michiganquarterly.bsky.social in celebration of his fantastic story collection GUATEMALAN RHAPSODY.
tinyurl.com/bdfynyde
tinyurl.com/bdfynyde
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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.
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.
indyweek.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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.
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An absolute honor to be included in this list with so many other wonderful writers. 💛💛💛
Are you ready for some great debuts to hit the stands?
Check out titles from @jaredlemus.bsky.social, @jeremygordon.bsky.social, @meredithturits.bsky.social, and more!
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Check out titles from @jaredlemus.bsky.social, @jeremygordon.bsky.social, @meredithturits.bsky.social, and more!
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March 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
An absolute honor to be included in this list with so many other wonderful writers. 💛💛💛
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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-...
January 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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-...
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🙏 Our 2024 titles are all 24% off! Thank you for a wonderful year! https://buff.ly/3VtSnV1
December 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM
🙏 Our 2024 titles are all 24% off! Thank you for a wonderful year! https://buff.ly/3VtSnV1
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A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
December 5, 2024 at 3:01 PM
A doctor’s letter to United Healthcare for denying nausea meds for a child on chemo
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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!
hingstonandolsen.com/2024
hingstonandolsen.com/2024
November 13, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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!
hingstonandolsen.com/2024
hingstonandolsen.com/2024