My poem “Veronica” is in the new issue of The Hemlock Journal that is out today in print & digital! I first drafted this poem over six years ago. Happy it has found a good home! thehemlockjournal.com/2025/12/31/i...

Excited to have an essay published today over at @scummywatertower.bsky.social about my favorite record: “Let It Be” by the Replacements! Hear more about the band’s impact on me as an artist & musician + a track-by-track deep dive into the new deluxe remaster. scummywatertower.com/artist-essay...

Hey Charleston, WV! You can hear me and the other WV Creative Network Literary Arts Fellows read at Taylor Books on 11/15 at 5 pm with an open mic to follow!

This code works on my new poetry book, “The Wind Through the Sycamores is a Violin”, btw. 50+ poems, 70+ pages. Poems about West Virginia, Dwight Yoakam, copperheads, death, Breece Pancake’s grave, and more. www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...

Great reading last weekend at South Side Studios in Petersburg, WV! Up next: virtual reading with the WVCN poetry fellows on 10/28 at 6 pm EST Free to attend, but you’ve got to register: www.tickettailor.com/events/wvcn/...

Very nice write up/origin story on me in the WVCN Storytelling Newsletter for September alongside the amazing L. Renee! Read the full piece: mailchi.mp/wvcreativene...

Poetry events. Bookselling events. Rock shows with @thecheapdates.bsky.social See ya out there this fall! 🌭📖🎸

Just announced! 10/10 at South Side Studios in Petersburg, WV—join us for a poetry open mic followed by a special reading from yours truly. Books available for sale & signing. Can’t wait to see lots of family at this one near my old neck of the woods!

Excited to be sharing some poems at another Create the Mon exhibit opening, this time in Marlinton, WV on 9/5! I’ve also got a couple of photos in the gallery show. Hope to see you!

Happening in two days!

Happening in two days!

Brand new website just launched! Purchase my books, read reviews, check out upcoming events & more. Take a gander: tuckerriggleman.com ✍️ 📖

Excited to be part of this stacked author meet and greet happening on 8/8 at the Co-op in Morgantown, WV!

Incredible weekend at the @tamarackfoundation.bsky.social Literary Arts Fellowship retreat at Concord University! Feeling inspired by my fellow peers, mentors & the TFA staff. Time to get writing! #TFAFellow

Please consider picking up a @thecheapdates.bsky.social LP. Tucker’s hometown in WV was ravished by floods this weekend & we are donating all money raised to relief efforts. tuckerriggleman.bandcamp.com/album/restle...

Friday in Thomas, WV! 📖

Next reading happens on May 23rd at Rudolph’s in Thomas to kick off the ArtSpring festival! Excited to read with pal Seth Pitt!

Thanks to the Times West Virginian for the write-up about the fellowship! ✍️

I am honored to announce that I am a recipient of the new @tamarackfoundation.bsky.social Literary Arts Fellowship! This will be an amazing opportunity for me to hone my craft while growing the business side of my writing career. I also look forward to the mentorship of poet David Prather!

Had a really great time talking about poetry and reading a poem live on WDTV last week!

Last night was a great time — thanks to all of the friends & family who stopped by! BIG news coming soon! 👀

Tonight! Poetry & music!

Hey North Central West Virginia folks, tune into First at Four on WDTV5 tomorrow at 4 p.m. to hear some WV poetry. 👀

Sharing poems & music this Friday at Morgantown Art Party for the First Friday art series! Books & records will be for sale. Free to attend. Swing through! 6-9 pm.

Tonight in Shepherdstown! Cait kicks it off at 7. Hope to see some buds!

Reading a couple of related poems at this retrospective art show happening on Friday at Skull City Studio in Shepherdstown. THEN catch me on Saturday for a full, proper reading with Cait O’Shea at Four Seasons Books in Shepherdstown at 7 pm!

Gentle reminder that I am an independent, self-published, self-funded artist. My newest book is 70+ pages and includes 50+ poems. I appreciate the support! Available here: www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...

Come see the band! Poetry books always on the merch table.

Headed back to where it all started! Hope to see a big crew of friends at Four Seasons Books (whose used section sustained me during college) in Shepherdstown, WV on March 29th! My dear friend & mega talent Cait O’Shea joins me for a special reading. See you there! 📖🩵

Back on the road sharing some songs this weekend. Kicks off tomorrow with this sick lineup in Winchester, VA!

Is it even a real birthday if your party isn’t at an arcade and your cake doesn’t have Robert Smith decoration while you wear a Cure shirt?

Best deal ever on my band’s records. ❤️

Beauty & grace.

Today was a very good day for writing. Sneaking that creative rush in at the desk job is just one of my many multi-tasking skills. I think whatever poured out of me today sparked a new project. Hell yeah. ✍️

Happy February spring, everyone ✌️

Very cool to see my new book featured in the current issue of YNST Magazine as part of the @tamarackfoundation.bsky.social & Shine On WV gift guide! 50+ poems, 70+ pages, grab one here: www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...

Artistic principles that I picked up from David Lynch: - show, don’t tell - it is okay to blur the line between reality and dream - you do not have to compromise your artistic vision for anyone, ever - it is okay to start working on a project even if you don’t know how it ends yet

Friday!!

Heart is incredibly full after a perfect weekend of sharing my poems in WV & VA! Next up: 1/17 - Two/Two/Eight - Fairmont, WV 1/18 - Morgantown Silent Book Club One Year Anniversary at the Co-op

Excellent time reading in Wardensville last night! Today I’m at Sage Bird in Harrisonburg, VA w/ pals Paul Somers & Lindsay Carlin — 5 pm!

They’ll just put anyone in the paper these days! Thanks to the Times West Virginian for the words about my upcoming reading at Two/Two/Eight gallery in Fairmont on 1/17 w/ Kevin Chesser, Elisha Dailey & Elizabeth Savage! Suggested donation at the door, no one turned away. Free for FSU students.

Somehow managed to release the best album I’ve ever made and self-publish a book of my best poems during this tumultuous year. Thanks for supporting my creative efforts. It means the world to me. Wishing a happy New Year to you and yours.

Excited to announce this upcoming reading at Two Two Eight in Fairmont, WV w/ Kevin Chesser, Elizabeth Savage & Elisha Dailey! 6-8 pm. See you there. 📖🩵

Thanks so much to the Tamarack Foundation & Shine On WV for featuring my new book in their 55 Gifts from 55 Counties gift guide! Honored to rep my home, Hardy County. Grab a copy: www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...

My new book is 30% off through tomorrow with code: HOLIDAY30 📖🩵 www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...

Bands are small businesses, too. Two LPs on vinyl + one CD available here: thecheapdates.org/store Give the gift of independent goth-tinged country rock. Thanks for the support!

Self-published, self-edited, self-designed, self-funded. Doesn’t get much smaller & business-ier than that. 50+ poems about West Virginia, copperheads, Dwight Yoakam, recovery, Breece Pancake’s grave & more. www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...

Really excited to announce this poetry reading coming up on Jan. 12th at The Golden Pony in Harrisonburg, VA w/ my dear friends & excellent poets Lindsay Carlin & Paul Somers! Free to attend. Upstairs bar. Karaoke to follow. Can’t write it any sweeter than that! 📖🩵

“Baptism” from my new book, “The Wind Through the Sycamores is a Violin”. 📖🩵 www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...

My new poetry book “The Wind Through the Sycamores is a Violin” is now available wherever you get your books. The best way to support me is by getting one directly from here: www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...