Tucker Riggleman
@tuckerriggleman.bsky.social
Writer and musician from West Virginia.
New poetry book “The Wind Through the Sycamores is a Violin” out now!
https://www.tuckerriggleman.com
New poetry book “The Wind Through the Sycamores is a Violin” out now!
https://www.tuckerriggleman.com
Honored to have my poem “Tiger Lilies” included in this issue! We also just had a lovely virtual reading that was recorded & will be available to view soon. 💛
February 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Honored to have my poem “Tiger Lilies” included in this issue! We also just had a lovely virtual reading that was recorded & will be available to view soon. 💛
Grateful to have my poem “Tiger Lilies” in the new issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social that is out today!
View the full issue/listen to a recording of me reading the poem: www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
View the full issue/listen to a recording of me reading the poem: www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
SOUTH FLORIDA POETRY JOURNAL
SoFloPoJo South Florida Poetry Journal is an online literary journal established in 2016 that publishes poetry, flash fiction, essays, interviews, art, photography, and reviews. There are no submissio...
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Grateful to have my poem “Tiger Lilies” in the new issue of @soflopojo.bsky.social that is out today!
View the full issue/listen to a recording of me reading the poem: www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
View the full issue/listen to a recording of me reading the poem: www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
About to be a busy bee. 🐝
January 31, 2026 at 10:27 PM
About to be a busy bee. 🐝
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...
I first drafted this poem over six years ago. Happy it has found a good home!
thehemlockjournal.com/2025/12/31/i...
December 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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...
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...
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...
My Favorite Thing: Let It Be By The Replacements Gets A Fresh Coat Of Paint By Tucker Riggleman (Artist Essay) - Scummy Water Tower
Singer-songwriter Tucker Riggleman pens an essay about The Replacements.
scummywatertower.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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...
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!
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!
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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!
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-...
50+ poems, 70+ pages. Poems about West Virginia, Dwight Yoakam, copperheads, death, Breece Pancake’s grave, and more.
www.lulu.com/shop/tucker-...
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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-...
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/...
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/...
October 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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/...
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...
Read the full piece: mailchi.mp/wvcreativene...
September 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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...
Read the full piece: mailchi.mp/wvcreativene...
Poetry events. Bookselling events. Rock shows with @thecheapdates.bsky.social
See ya out there this fall!
🌭📖🎸
See ya out there this fall!
🌭📖🎸
September 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Poetry events. Bookselling events. Rock shows with @thecheapdates.bsky.social
See ya out there this fall!
🌭📖🎸
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!
Can’t wait to see lots of family at this one near my old neck of the woods!
August 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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!
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!
I’ve also got a couple of photos in the gallery show. Hope to see you!
August 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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!
I’ve also got a couple of photos in the gallery show. Hope to see you!
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Happening in two days!
Excited to be part of this stacked author meet and greet happening on 8/8 at the Co-op in Morgantown, WV!
August 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happening in two days!
Happening in two days!
Excited to be part of this stacked author meet and greet happening on 8/8 at the Co-op in Morgantown, WV!
August 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Happening in two days!
Brand new website just launched!
Purchase my books, read reviews, check out upcoming events & more.
Take a gander: tuckerriggleman.com
✍️ 📖
Purchase my books, read reviews, check out upcoming events & more.
Take a gander: tuckerriggleman.com
✍️ 📖
August 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Brand new website just launched!
Purchase my books, read reviews, check out upcoming events & more.
Take a gander: tuckerriggleman.com
✍️ 📖
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!
July 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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
Time to get writing!
#TFAFellow
June 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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
Time to get writing!
#TFAFellow
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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...
tuckerriggleman.bandcamp.com/album/restle...
Restless Spirit, by Tucker Riggleman & The Cheap Dates
11 track album
tuckerriggleman.bandcamp.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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...
tuckerriggleman.bandcamp.com/album/restle...
Friday in Thomas, WV! 📖
May 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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!
May 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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! ✍️
April 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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!
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!
April 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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!
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!
April 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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! 👀
thanks to all of the friends & family who stopped by!
BIG news coming soon! 👀
April 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Last night was a great time —
thanks to all of the friends & family who stopped by!
BIG news coming soon! 👀
thanks to all of the friends & family who stopped by!
BIG news coming soon! 👀
Tonight! Poetry & music!
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.
Books & records will be for sale. Free to attend. Swing through! 6-9 pm.
April 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Tonight! Poetry & music!