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Samantha Tucker

is an anti-racist teacher in Columbus, Ohio.

Her first book, Collective Chaos: A Roller Derby Team Memoir, co-authored with Amy Spears, is out Spring 2023 from Swallow Press.

Sam has written for Lithub, Ecotone, Bust, The American Literary Review, The Toast, Columbus Alive, and Guernica. Her essay "Fountain Girls" is a listed notable in Best American Essays 2017 and is included in Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: An Anthology.