Writing a Hit Poem with Zoe Tuck 8/27

Some poems, like some songs, are hits, bops, bangers. They stick in our heads and we can’t stop humming along. What distinguishes a hit from a flop? And how can we learn how to write hit poems? In this workshop, we’ll read a sample of hit poems, talk about what makes them tick, then write our own.

Bio: Zoe Tuck was born in Texas, became a person in California, and now lives in Western Massachusetts. She is the author of Bedroom Vowel (BUNNY Presse, 2023) and Terror Matrix (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2014), in addition to 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). With Britt Billmeyer-Finn, she is the co-host of The But Also house reading series and she co-edits Hot Pink Magazine with Emily Bark Brown.