RICKY TUCKER
📍 New York, NY | ✉️ tucker.ricky@gmail.com
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Profile

Editor, writer, and cultural critic with over a decade of experience in publishing, criticism, and arts writing. Skilled in commissioning and editing columns, features, and reviews, with a proven record of original contributions in leading publications including The Paris Review, Vogue, TIME, New York Magazine, Brooklyn Rail, MixMag, and LitHub. Adept at managing editorial workflows, collaborating with diverse writers, and maintaining critical rigor while preserving authorial voice.

Editorial Experience

Contributing Editor — ArtsEverywhere | 2023–2024

  • Commissioned, edited, and wrote long-form essays for the Ballroom Freedom School series.

  • Managed editorial calendars and cultivated contributor relationships.

Editor — Outlier | 2024

  • Edited and developed online editorial content, ensuring clarity, accessibility, and engagement.

Editor-in-Chief & Art Editor — 12th Street Literary Journal | 2012–2014

  • Directed an award-winning national literary journal.

  • Oversaw submissions, edits, production schedules, and staff.

Senior Writer — Marketing & Communications, The New School | 2015–2021

  • Produced creative campaigns, features, and thought leadership content.

  • Strengthened the university’s cultural and academic brand.

Associate Creative Director, Copy — Flannel & Blade | 2023

  • Wrote and edited editorial copy; established campaign style guides.

Director of Communications — Carol Padberg (Artist) | 2022

  • Developed external-facing content and press releases for major eco-art projects.

Writing & Publications (Selected)

  • The Paris Review, Vogue, TIME, New York Magazine, Lit Hub, Lambda Literary.

  • Author: And the Category Is… Inside New York’s Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community (Beacon Press, 2022, LA Times Bestseller).

  • Forthcoming titles with Bloomsbury & Beacon Press (2026).

Teaching & Academic Roles (Selected)

  • Adjunct Professor — Creative Writing/Literary Studies, The New School

  • Adjunct Faculty — Art and Urbanism, Parsons School of Design

  • Visiting Professor — MFA Communication Design, Pratt Institute

  • Distinguished Practitioner — NOMAD MFA, University of Hartford

  • Artist-in-Residence — English MFA, Monmouth University

  • Thesis Advisor — Performance Studies MFA, Artez University of the Arts

Education

  • MA, Creative Writing and Critical Pedagogy — Goldsmiths, University of London

  • BA, Creative Writing — The New School

Skills

  • Editorial Management: commissioning, developmental editing, copyediting, fact-checking

  • Writing: columns, reviews, features, cultural criticism

  • Tools: Word, Excel, Outlook, Zoom, WordPress, CMS platforms

  • Networking & Ambassadorship: event representation, building contributor networks