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Erin L. McCoy
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UNDERLAKE (Doubleday, 2026)

WRECKS (Noemi Press, 2025)

Poetry & fiction in American Poetry Review, Best New Poets, Conjunctions • Assistant poetry editor, Narrative • Multilingual

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Join me for the official launch of my debut poetry collection, WRECKS, in Seattle this Friday!
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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-From Wrecks by @erinlmccoy.bsky.social

Out October 14th!
October 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Happy pub day to Wrecks, the debut poetry collection by @erinlmccoy.bsky.social , available on the Noemi website!

www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
October 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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In just 1 week, I’ll be launching my debut book, WRECKS, in Brooklyn alongside the brilliant @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social & @abipollokoff.bsky.social, my dear friend since MFA days.

Preorder WRECKS from @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/mcc...
October 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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What an honor! This is such an astute and thoughtful review. Thanks to Benjamin and @versecurious.bsky.social 🙏🙏
noemipress.bsky.social Noemi Press @noemipress.bsky.social · Oct 8
Check out the most recent episode of @versecurious.bsky.social reviewing Wrecks by @erinlmccoy.bsky.social!

Link to the full episode in our story

Wrecks will be released on October 15th!
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Take a look at @noemipress.bsky.social for our current & forthcoming book. Wrecks by @erinlmccoy.bsky.social is a stunning collection or “Girl Work” by @zefrrr.bsky.social is a personal fave too!
September 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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This is very exciting news — preorder Erin’s book!
August 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Louisville artist doing great things! SO excited for you @erinlmccoy.bsky.social ! Congratulations!!!
August 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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We can definitely relate to this answer from our August featured poet @erinlmccoy.bsky.social:
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I am beyond thrilled to share the cover of my debut novel, UNDERLAKE, forthcoming from Doubleday in April 2026.

UNDERLAKE is available for preorder now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/804090...

Thank you to @doubledaybooks.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social for a gorgeous book 🙏
Underlake by Erin L. McCoy: 9780385552073 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A richly glittering debut about the interlocked fates of two women, raised worlds apart, who must join forces on an extraordinary journey, diving leagues beneath the water's surface—and straight...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Read poems from my forthcoming book WRECKS ( @noemipress.bsky.social ) on A Dozen Nothing!
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Heed the great auk and check out some great new poems by @erinlmccoy.bsky.social at www.ADozenNothing.com!
August 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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A man who helped save a 9-year-old during a shark attack in Florida last month is now facing deportation after being taken into custody for driving without a license.
July 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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July 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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"Now the trumpet of your body. Now my mouth full of air."

— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social

www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
July 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Hit a big goal today: 80k words on the first draft of my new novel. 🎉
June 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Ajanaé Dawkins 💜

from BLOOD-FLEX (New Delta Review)

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NO ONE TEACHES US TO BE DAUGHTERS Stumbling against our instincts, we learn how to be daughters. The first time I saw my mother cry, she was driving and some animal's belly split toward God like an offering. Blood altar of road and rot. At seven, I had fewer words than I do now and smaller hands to hold them. The first time she saw her mother cry, my great-grandmother's body swapped cancer for Spirit. Now, I get it. A daughter observes until her eyes are blood-thick with history. What prepares you to console your mirror? To press your flesh to her warm glass—reflecting you to you while weeping? BLOOD-FLEX leaning against a vase of purple and white flowers
June 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Reached 66k words on the new novel 🪩
June 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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✨COVER REVEAL✨ I'm thrilled to share the cover of my debut poetry collection, WRECKS, forthcoming on Oct. 15, 2025.

The @noemipress.bsky.social team has been a dream: @dianaarterian.bsky.social, @sargzem.bsky.social, Mariah Bosch, Auden Eagerton, & Alban Fischer—what a beautiful design!
The cover of Erin L. McCoy's poetry collection, WRECKS, with purple feathers on it.
May 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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#AWP panel organizers: keep me in mind for any talks on debut poetry books, debut novels, magical realism, the lyric, research-driven work, and environmental justice in creative work. I'll be in Baltimore next year celebrating my new books.

@awpwriter.bsky.social #AWP26
May 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Hit 40,000 words on the first draft of my new novel🤞
May 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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What is it, the heart,
is it the sound of the pine trees
blowing in the painting?

—Ikkyū, tr. Mary Ruefle
May 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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If you're looking for a participant in your poetry or fiction panel for #AWP26, hit me up:

• Debut poetry collection, "Wrecks": 2025, Noemi Press, finalist for the Noemi Book award

• Debut novel, "Underlake": 2026, Doubleday

#AWP
May 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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If someone said “Saeed, it’s important to be respectful” and I interpreted that message as an indictment… well, you’d be right to be concerned about me and for me.
josholson.bsky.social Josh Olson @josholson.bsky.social · May 2
It's a brutal time for young men, and to be raising one. The primary message they now is get is "YOU'RE BAD" without any meaningful attempt to offer healthy pathways beyond "Don't be a boy."

Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
May 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Cover reveal!

I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️
May 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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So many congratulations to @abipollokoff.bsky.social for this brilliant debut with @redhenpress.bsky.social. I had the honor of being in the same MFA cohort as Abi, and her work has always achieved an incredible musicality & subtlety of craft. open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/pol...
April 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM