Austin McCoy
@austinmccoy.bsky.social
Historian, Author of Living in a DAISY Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made. Also writing book on history of the Left in Midwest.
https://austincmccoy.com/
https://austincmccoy.substack.com/
https://austincmccoy.com/
https://austincmccoy.substack.com/
Pinned
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age drops tomorrow! Also means I’ll be giving away some of these copies. Just wanted to take a picture with all of them 😂 You can still preorder at the link in the comments, your local bookstore, Bookshop, or wherever you buy books.
Also included the Library Journal review!
Also included the Library Journal review!
Second event with Renee Nicholson at Monkey Wrench Books in Morgantown!
January 30, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Second event with Renee Nicholson at Monkey Wrench Books in Morgantown!
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Sometimes I can’t believe that I know people who write books. Congratulations @austinmccoy.bsky.social!
January 29, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Sometimes I can’t believe that I know people who write books. Congratulations @austinmccoy.bsky.social!
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Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
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I spoke with Andy Downing from Matter News about De La Soul ahead of my book event in Columbus this evening.
matternews.org/culture/word...
matternews.org/culture/word...
Austin McCoy grows up alongside De La Soul – Matter News
The author and historian, who will be in town at Used Kids this week to discuss his new book on the pioneering rap trio, has uncovered new meaning in its work with each passing decade.
matternews.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I spoke with Andy Downing from Matter News about De La Soul ahead of my book event in Columbus this evening.
matternews.org/culture/word...
matternews.org/culture/word...
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Shutting it down for the eve, but leaving with some De La in honor of @austinmccoy.bsky.social 's new book. You know them Stakes is High
January 28, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Shutting it down for the eve, but leaving with some De La in honor of @austinmccoy.bsky.social 's new book. You know them Stakes is High
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This looks amazing
Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 AM
This looks amazing
I spoke with Andy Downing from Matter News about De La Soul ahead of my book event in Columbus this evening.
matternews.org/culture/word...
matternews.org/culture/word...
Austin McCoy grows up alongside De La Soul – Matter News
The author and historian, who will be in town at Used Kids this week to discuss his new book on the pioneering rap trio, has uncovered new meaning in its work with each passing decade.
matternews.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I spoke with Andy Downing from Matter News about De La Soul ahead of my book event in Columbus this evening.
matternews.org/culture/word...
matternews.org/culture/word...
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AND b/c it would be criminal to order just one book from bookshop dot org & I've been so psyched for it, I also bought @austinmccoy.bsky.social Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made, which officially pub'd yesterday. Congrats, Austin! bookshop.org/p/books/livi...
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made
The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made
bookshop.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:42 PM
AND b/c it would be criminal to order just one book from bookshop dot org & I've been so psyched for it, I also bought @austinmccoy.bsky.social Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age: The Music, Culture, and World De La Soul Made, which officially pub'd yesterday. Congrats, Austin! bookshop.org/p/books/livi...
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So thrilled to hold @austinmccoy.bsky.social book in my hands! Congrats on your book birthday my friend!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Living...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Living...
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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Every time I talk to someone outside of Minnesota, we always spend time on *really* basic things they have don’t understand about what is happening here.
So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?
So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?
January 27, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Every time I talk to someone outside of Minnesota, we always spend time on *really* basic things they have don’t understand about what is happening here.
So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?
So let’s do a Q&A. What are your most basic questions about what’s going on in Minnesota?
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If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined.
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
Migra! by Kelly Hernandez - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined.
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...
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Happy book birthday to a brilliant historian and one of the smartest writers on music!
Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
January 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Happy book birthday to a brilliant historian and one of the smartest writers on music!
Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Today is publication day! Wow. Thanks to everyone who preordered the book. I really appreciate it. If you have not preordered, then you can go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy.
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Please send me a pic if you already have a copy or when you go pick it up! I'd love to see it!
Reposted by Austin McCoy
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age drops tomorrow! Also means I’ll be giving away some of these copies. Just wanted to take a picture with all of them 😂 You can still preorder at the link in the comments, your local bookstore, Bookshop, or wherever you buy books.
Also included the Library Journal review!
Also included the Library Journal review!
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age drops tomorrow! Also means I’ll be giving away some of these copies. Just wanted to take a picture with all of them 😂 You can still preorder at the link in the comments, your local bookstore, Bookshop, or wherever you buy books.
Also included the Library Journal review!
Also included the Library Journal review!
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Almost 8 hours!!!!
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age drops tomorrow! Also means I’ll be giving away some of these copies. Just wanted to take a picture with all of them 😂 You can still preorder at the link in the comments, your local bookstore, Bookshop, or wherever you buy books.
Also included the Library Journal review!
Also included the Library Journal review!
January 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Almost 8 hours!!!!
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Also happy to do any interviews, podcasts, etc, if you want to have me on to talk De La Soul and hip hop history!
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age drops tomorrow! Also means I’ll be giving away some of these copies. Just wanted to take a picture with all of them 😂 You can still preorder at the link in the comments, your local bookstore, Bookshop, or wherever you buy books.
Also included the Library Journal review!
Also included the Library Journal review!
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Also happy to do any interviews, podcasts, etc, if you want to have me on to talk De La Soul and hip hop history!
Also happy to do any interviews, podcasts, etc, if you want to have me on to talk De La Soul and hip hop history!
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age drops tomorrow! Also means I’ll be giving away some of these copies. Just wanted to take a picture with all of them 😂 You can still preorder at the link in the comments, your local bookstore, Bookshop, or wherever you buy books.
Also included the Library Journal review!
Also included the Library Journal review!
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Also happy to do any interviews, podcasts, etc, if you want to have me on to talk De La Soul and hip hop history!
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age drops tomorrow! Also means I’ll be giving away some of these copies. Just wanted to take a picture with all of them 😂 You can still preorder at the link in the comments, your local bookstore, Bookshop, or wherever you buy books.
Also included the Library Journal review!
Also included the Library Journal review!
January 26, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Living in a D.A.I.S.Y. Age drops tomorrow! Also means I’ll be giving away some of these copies. Just wanted to take a picture with all of them 😂 You can still preorder at the link in the comments, your local bookstore, Bookshop, or wherever you buy books.
Also included the Library Journal review!
Also included the Library Journal review!
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“The shooting of Porter, who leaves behind daughters aged 10 and 20, was not caught on camera”
How convenient for ICE
How convenient for ICE
Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’
After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
“The shooting of Porter, who leaves behind daughters aged 10 and 20, was not caught on camera”
How convenient for ICE
How convenient for ICE
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If folks really studied the history of the civil rights movement (not just the feel good parts), then one would learn how the lying about the violence coming from ICE, CPB, and this administration reflects this history. It is not an aberration. One would be naive to argue that "this isn't America."
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM
If folks really studied the history of the civil rights movement (not just the feel good parts), then one would learn how the lying about the violence coming from ICE, CPB, and this administration reflects this history. It is not an aberration. One would be naive to argue that "this isn't America."
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In fact, here are some examples of how authorities characterized Black activists in life and death from old newspapers. State violence and character assassination is part of US political culture.
White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In fact, here are some examples of how authorities characterized Black activists in life and death from old newspapers. State violence and character assassination is part of US political culture.
White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
In fact, here are some examples of how authorities characterized Black activists in life and death from old newspapers. State violence and character assassination is part of US political culture.
White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In fact, here are some examples of how authorities characterized Black activists in life and death from old newspapers. State violence and character assassination is part of US political culture.
White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
If folks really studied the history of the civil rights movement (not just the feel good parts), then one would learn how the lying about the violence coming from ICE, CPB, and this administration reflects this history. It is not an aberration. One would be naive to argue that "this isn't America."
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM
If folks really studied the history of the civil rights movement (not just the feel good parts), then one would learn how the lying about the violence coming from ICE, CPB, and this administration reflects this history. It is not an aberration. One would be naive to argue that "this isn't America."
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One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work
Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work
One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work
Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 25, 2026 at 3:20 AM
One of the reasons why Elon Musk and other folks on the right want to shut down Wikipedia (or "compete" with it). It's a good platform for regular folks to accumulate data, even keep track of all of this administration's atrocities in real time. Great work