Erin L. McCoy
@erinlmccoy.bsky.social
UNDERLAKE (Doubleday, 2026)
WRECKS (Noemi Press, 2025)
Poetry & fiction in American Poetry Review, Best New Poets, Conjunctions • Assistant poetry editor, Narrative • Multilingual
erinlmccoy.com
WRECKS (Noemi Press, 2025)
Poetry & fiction in American Poetry Review, Best New Poets, Conjunctions • Assistant poetry editor, Narrative • Multilingual
erinlmccoy.com
Join me for the official launch of my debut poetry collection, WRECKS, in Seattle this Friday!
October 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Join me for the official launch of my debut poetry collection, WRECKS, in Seattle this Friday!
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...
Preorder WRECKS from @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/mcc...
October 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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...
Preorder WRECKS from @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/mcc...
"Now the trumpet of your body. Now my mouth full of air."
— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
July 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"Now the trumpet of your body. Now my mouth full of air."
— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
— @adedayoagarau.bsky.social in @narrativemag.bsky.social
www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/poems...
✨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 @noemipress.bsky.social team has been a dream: @dianaarterian.bsky.social, @sargzem.bsky.social, Mariah Bosch, Auden Eagerton, & Alban Fischer—what a beautiful design!
May 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
✨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 @noemipress.bsky.social team has been a dream: @dianaarterian.bsky.social, @sargzem.bsky.social, Mariah Bosch, Auden Eagerton, & Alban Fischer—what a beautiful design!
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
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...
“Do to me what sunlight does to a river.”
I remember being absolutely floored by this @patrycjasara.bsky.social line when I first read it. Still floored, awed, enchanted. ☀️🌸
I remember being absolutely floored by this @patrycjasara.bsky.social line when I first read it. Still floored, awed, enchanted. ☀️🌸
April 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“Do to me what sunlight does to a river.”
I remember being absolutely floored by this @patrycjasara.bsky.social line when I first read it. Still floored, awed, enchanted. ☀️🌸
I remember being absolutely floored by this @patrycjasara.bsky.social line when I first read it. Still floored, awed, enchanted. ☀️🌸
“Beneath what I see is what I know.”
— @rachelsedelman.bsky.social, DEAR MEMPHIS (@riverriverbooks.bsky.social)
#nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymonth
— @rachelsedelman.bsky.social, DEAR MEMPHIS (@riverriverbooks.bsky.social)
#nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymonth
April 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“Beneath what I see is what I know.”
— @rachelsedelman.bsky.social, DEAR MEMPHIS (@riverriverbooks.bsky.social)
#nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymonth
— @rachelsedelman.bsky.social, DEAR MEMPHIS (@riverriverbooks.bsky.social)
#nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymonth
So grateful for this gorgeous delivery from @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, and to finally get to hold my very own copy of @patrycjasara.bsky.social’s debut collection, WE CONTAIN LANDSCAPES. 😍😍
March 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
So grateful for this gorgeous delivery from @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, and to finally get to hold my very own copy of @patrycjasara.bsky.social’s debut collection, WE CONTAIN LANDSCAPES. 😍😍
I am thrilled to announce that my debut novel, UNDERLAKE, will be published by @doubledaybooks.bsky.social.
I can't express what this means to me. It’s a dream. It’s everything I’ve ever dreamed of.
Thanks to Lee Boudreaux for believing in this book, & to
Marya Spence for all your support.
I can't express what this means to me. It’s a dream. It’s everything I’ve ever dreamed of.
Thanks to Lee Boudreaux for believing in this book, & to
Marya Spence for all your support.
February 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I am thrilled to announce that my debut novel, UNDERLAKE, will be published by @doubledaybooks.bsky.social.
I can't express what this means to me. It’s a dream. It’s everything I’ve ever dreamed of.
Thanks to Lee Boudreaux for believing in this book, & to
Marya Spence for all your support.
I can't express what this means to me. It’s a dream. It’s everything I’ve ever dreamed of.
Thanks to Lee Boudreaux for believing in this book, & to
Marya Spence for all your support.
Just eight months from now, my first book, WRECKS, finalist for the @Noemi_Press Book Awards, will be in the world!
Many thanks to the Noemi team: @sargzem.bsky.social, @suzig.bsky.social, @anthonycody.bsky.social, Mariah Bosch, and especially my amazing editor, @dianaarterian.bsky.social. ✨
Many thanks to the Noemi team: @sargzem.bsky.social, @suzig.bsky.social, @anthonycody.bsky.social, Mariah Bosch, and especially my amazing editor, @dianaarterian.bsky.social. ✨
February 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just eight months from now, my first book, WRECKS, finalist for the @Noemi_Press Book Awards, will be in the world!
Many thanks to the Noemi team: @sargzem.bsky.social, @suzig.bsky.social, @anthonycody.bsky.social, Mariah Bosch, and especially my amazing editor, @dianaarterian.bsky.social. ✨
Many thanks to the Noemi team: @sargzem.bsky.social, @suzig.bsky.social, @anthonycody.bsky.social, Mariah Bosch, and especially my amazing editor, @dianaarterian.bsky.social. ✨
"... Not faith
in language so much as faith in the effort."
— @patrycjasara.bsky.social in @sixthfinch.bsky.social 🎵
sixthfinch.com/humienik1.html
in language so much as faith in the effort."
— @patrycjasara.bsky.social in @sixthfinch.bsky.social 🎵
sixthfinch.com/humienik1.html
January 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"... Not faith
in language so much as faith in the effort."
— @patrycjasara.bsky.social in @sixthfinch.bsky.social 🎵
sixthfinch.com/humienik1.html
in language so much as faith in the effort."
— @patrycjasara.bsky.social in @sixthfinch.bsky.social 🎵
sixthfinch.com/humienik1.html
I’m thrilled to announce that my novel and I are now represented by the brilliant Marya Spence of Janklow & Nesbit! Writing and editing this novel has been so rewarding, and I could not have found a better agent to help me reach its final form. ✨
January 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that my novel and I are now represented by the brilliant Marya Spence of Janklow & Nesbit! Writing and editing this novel has been so rewarding, and I could not have found a better agent to help me reach its final form. ✨
"to make a body a product,
the first step is devaluation."
"Translation" is the result of many years of engagement with how the history of the great auk coincided with the history of colonialism.
Read this poem from my upcoming book, WRECKS (Noemi Press): www.theseventhwave.org/erin-l-mccoy...
the first step is devaluation."
"Translation" is the result of many years of engagement with how the history of the great auk coincided with the history of colonialism.
Read this poem from my upcoming book, WRECKS (Noemi Press): www.theseventhwave.org/erin-l-mccoy...
February 19, 2024 at 7:52 PM
"to make a body a product,
the first step is devaluation."
"Translation" is the result of many years of engagement with how the history of the great auk coincided with the history of colonialism.
Read this poem from my upcoming book, WRECKS (Noemi Press): www.theseventhwave.org/erin-l-mccoy...
the first step is devaluation."
"Translation" is the result of many years of engagement with how the history of the great auk coincided with the history of colonialism.
Read this poem from my upcoming book, WRECKS (Noemi Press): www.theseventhwave.org/erin-l-mccoy...
Never had a more gorgeous view while writing ✨
October 21, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Never had a more gorgeous view while writing ✨
It's actually happening! 💫 My first book, "Wrecks," is forthcoming from Noemi Press!
It's an honor to be selected by such an incredible press, whose books have inspired and guided me as a poet for so many years.
Many congratulations to everyone on this list!
It's an honor to be selected by such an incredible press, whose books have inspired and guided me as a poet for so many years.
Many congratulations to everyone on this list!
October 16, 2023 at 7:10 PM
It's actually happening! 💫 My first book, "Wrecks," is forthcoming from Noemi Press!
It's an honor to be selected by such an incredible press, whose books have inspired and guided me as a poet for so many years.
Many congratulations to everyone on this list!
It's an honor to be selected by such an incredible press, whose books have inspired and guided me as a poet for so many years.
Many congratulations to everyone on this list!
My cross-genre workshop with the Porch starts in 1 week!
We'll learn how contemporary writers and poets are taking innovative new approaches to writing about animals, the environment, and global warming, in addition to writing and workshopping our own work.
www.porchtn.org/class/enviro...
We'll learn how contemporary writers and poets are taking innovative new approaches to writing about animals, the environment, and global warming, in addition to writing and workshopping our own work.
www.porchtn.org/class/enviro...
October 11, 2023 at 6:50 PM
My cross-genre workshop with the Porch starts in 1 week!
We'll learn how contemporary writers and poets are taking innovative new approaches to writing about animals, the environment, and global warming, in addition to writing and workshopping our own work.
www.porchtn.org/class/enviro...
We'll learn how contemporary writers and poets are taking innovative new approaches to writing about animals, the environment, and global warming, in addition to writing and workshopping our own work.
www.porchtn.org/class/enviro...
This poem breaks my heart every time I read it. 🤍
The same is true of the entirety of REMOVAL ACTS, the innovative, haunted, earth-shifting debut from Erin Marie Lynch out today from Graywolf. It's one of this year's most important & compelling books.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
The same is true of the entirety of REMOVAL ACTS, the innovative, haunted, earth-shifting debut from Erin Marie Lynch out today from Graywolf. It's one of this year's most important & compelling books.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
October 3, 2023 at 5:01 PM
This poem breaks my heart every time I read it. 🤍
The same is true of the entirety of REMOVAL ACTS, the innovative, haunted, earth-shifting debut from Erin Marie Lynch out today from Graywolf. It's one of this year's most important & compelling books.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
The same is true of the entirety of REMOVAL ACTS, the innovative, haunted, earth-shifting debut from Erin Marie Lynch out today from Graywolf. It's one of this year's most important & compelling books.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Cutest little plant store in the world??? There, I said it. “Seeds” in Dunedin def gave me the dose of autumn I needed this weekend.
October 2, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Cutest little plant store in the world??? There, I said it. “Seeds” in Dunedin def gave me the dose of autumn I needed this weekend.
Who knew this could happen to me, in the humid subtropics desperately trying to emulate autumn. 🍁
October 1, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Who knew this could happen to me, in the humid subtropics desperately trying to emulate autumn. 🍁
Thinking that if I name my first novel after a Kate Bush song, it's just a little more likely that she'll hear about it & want to speak with me, & invite me to her castle, where we'll drink tea & chase rabbits through the spiraling foxgloves.
Another foolproof plan.
Another foolproof plan.
September 21, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Thinking that if I name my first novel after a Kate Bush song, it's just a little more likely that she'll hear about it & want to speak with me, & invite me to her castle, where we'll drink tea & chase rabbits through the spiraling foxgloves.
Another foolproof plan.
Another foolproof plan.
What did everyone look like 10 years ago?
Curls; Gulf of Finland; better scarves.
Curls; Gulf of Finland; better scarves.
September 20, 2023 at 9:48 PM
What did everyone look like 10 years ago?
Curls; Gulf of Finland; better scarves.
Curls; Gulf of Finland; better scarves.
The poem is linked—in my manuscript, ESCAPE ATTEMPTS—to this piece, from “Best New Poets 2021”
September 20, 2023 at 9:09 PM
The poem is linked—in my manuscript, ESCAPE ATTEMPTS—to this piece, from “Best New Poets 2021”
“Take her
picture. Make her stay there.”
One of three poems I published recently in my new local arts magazine, The Artisan: issuu.com/sonews/docs/...
picture. Make her stay there.”
One of three poems I published recently in my new local arts magazine, The Artisan: issuu.com/sonews/docs/...
September 20, 2023 at 9:02 PM
“Take her
picture. Make her stay there.”
One of three poems I published recently in my new local arts magazine, The Artisan: issuu.com/sonews/docs/...
picture. Make her stay there.”
One of three poems I published recently in my new local arts magazine, The Artisan: issuu.com/sonews/docs/...
Hey there, Bluesky, I made it ✨
September 20, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Hey there, Bluesky, I made it ✨