Upcoming events

For Wrecks:

  • March 5: AWP Debut Poets’ Reading, 2640 Space (Baltimore, MD)

  • March 6, 7:30 PM: A Dozen Nothing Reading, Vinyl and Pages (Baltimore, MD)

  • March 7, 8 PM: Noemi Reading, Red Emma’s (Baltimore, MD)

  • March 19: Tombolo Books (St. Petersburg, FL) | With Asa Drake and Helen Pruitt Wallace

For Underlake:

  • April 21: Tombolo Books (St. Petersburg, FL) | Official Underlake book launch!

  • April 24: The Lynx (Gainesville, FL)

  • May 1: Third Place Books (Seattle, WA)

Past events

2026

  • Jan. 15: Tombolo Books (St. Petersburg, FL) | Join Erin L. McCoy, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, and Taylor Strickland for an evening of poetry at one of St. Petersburg’s most beloved local bookstores, Tombolo Books.

2025

  • Dec. 8: The Nature of Our Times Celebration Reading | Celebrate a new poetry anthology dedicated to exploring the natural world with poets Philip Metres, Erin L. McCoy, John Dos Passos Coggin, Chad Knuth, Catherine Puma, and Kyle Potvin.

  • Dec. 4: Penguin Random House Winter Book & Author Festival, “Panel: First-Time Fiction” | A celebration of bold, new perspectives and breakout talent, with stories of family struggles, resurrection, and difficult choices. Featuring: Tolani Akinola, Leave Your Mess at Home; Heather Eng, Double Happiness; Juliet Faithfull, Liar's Dice Rebecca Lehmann, The Beheading Game; Erin L. McCoy, Underlake; and Moderator: Kristyn Dorfman, Lower and Middle School Librarian, Friends Academy (NY).

  • Nov. 15: Bohemian Nights, Kenwood Gables (St. Petersburg, FL) | Join Erin L. McCoy and Letisia Cruz to celebrate the launch of Wrecks alongside a slew of talented visual artists at this event hosted by the Kenwood Gables in St. Petersburg, FL.

  • Nov. 12: Wrecks St. Pete Book Launch, Book & Bottle (St. Petersburg, FL) | Erin L. McCoy is joined by Asa Drake (Beauty Talk, Noemi Press) and Letisia Cruz (Migrations & Other Exiles, Lost Horse Press) to celebrate the launch of her debut poetry collection, Wrecks.

  • Oct. 25: Wrecks Portland Launch, Lost Avenue Books (Portland, OR) | Join Erin L. McCoy to celebrate the release of Wrecks at this beautifully curated local bookstore.

  • Oct. 24: Wrecks Seattle Launch, Common Area Maintenance (Seattle) | Join award-winning poet Erin L. McCoy for the Seattle launch of her poetry collection Wrecks, a finalist for the Noemi Press Book Award. Guest readers include Rachel Edelman, Knox Gardner, E. Briskin, and Amanda Baker.

  • Oct. 15: Wrecks NYC Launch, Cordelia Wine Bar (Brooklyn) | Celebrate the official publication date of Wrecks at Cordelia Wine Bar, where Erin will read alongside two brilliant poets: Abi Pollokoff (night myths • • before the body, Red Hen, 2025) and jason b. crawford (YEET!, Omnidawn, 2025).