Writing

SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK

“Ryan Gosling Asian Girlfriend” (Copy Magazine, May 2023)

“The Rabbit” (Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance + Pink Eraser, October 2022)

“The Date & the Deer” (Studio Georgeville, October 2022)

“Putting Down Roots” (Maine Magazine, May 2022)

“Boxing Day” (Amjambo Africa, May 2022)

“No Politics at the Dinner Table” (Amjambo Africa, November 2021)

“Select Your Race” (Amjambo Africa, October 2021)

“I am home” (Portland Press Herald, March 2021)

PEOPLE + PRODUCTS

“The Ribbon Studio: The Studio Carta and Angela Liguori Story” (Abrams, 2024)

“The Best Wearable Breast Pumps” (New York Times’ Wirecutter, 2024)

INTERVIEWS + PODCASTS

SoftSpoken: A Podcast by Marpheen Chann

Author and Podcast Host Marpheen Chann sits down with Coco McCracken, author of The Rabbit and forthcoming debut memoir GOOD & LOUD. Topics: Coming-of-Age, Music, Canada, Books, Asian American.

The Hero’s Journey in Memoir: The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Agents Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra are joined by Maya Golden, author of The Return Trip. During the episode, they discuss Coco McCracken’s query; the need for balance between bio and plot in a query letter; memoirists writing their query letter plot/body paragraphs in first person rather than third; and cautioning against focusing on questions when writing plot paragraphs.

Maine Maker Monday: Coco McCracken

A photo interview series with Jessica Webb, spotlighting various makers and creatives around the state of Maine.

Speaking

Terrible Writing by Great Authors, emcee and reader alongside William Dameron, Marpheen Chann, and others, Mechanics’ Hall, October 5, 2024.

PITCH Author’s Panel in conversation with Rebecca Turkewitz and Cameron Kelly Rosenblum, at Mechanics’ Hall, Sept 21, 2024.

Living Legacy: An Evening with the Ashley Bryan Fellows at Mechanics Hall in Portland, ME, January 18, 2024

PIGEON: Live Storytelling Event at Congress Square Park in Portland, ME, July 13 and August 10, 2023.

Ashley Bryan Fellows Reading at Port Veritas Equality Community Center, Portland, ME, June 27, 2023.

Art/Writing Performance at The Cabinet of Wonder Fundraiser, Mechanics Hall, Portland, ME, March 2, 2023.

“Fostering and Protecting the Creative Life,” Stonecoast MFA Lecture, Portland, ME, January 8, 2023.

AAPI Author Panel (with Terri Gerritsen, Jaed Coffin, and Marpheen Chann) at Empire Live!, Portland, ME May 16, 2023.

AAPI Author Panel for the Young Writers and Leaders Program with Jaed Coffin and Marpheen Chann at The Telling Room, December 20, 2023.

Conversation with Maine Senator Chellie Pingree with AAPI community for #StopAsianHate, March 25, 2021.

JURIES

Greater Columbus Arts Council, Artists Elevated Award ($25,000 prize), Literary Arts Juror 2024

Maine Literary Awards Juror, Non-fiction 2023

Coco McCracken is represented by Iris Blasi of Arc Literary Management. For all writing-related inquiries please contact Iris at iris@arcliterary.com