Copy / Writing
LITERARY HUB: MY MOTHER THE INVENTOR
Coco McCracken on Her Mother’s Past as an Inventor—And What It Taught Her About Being a Writer
WIRECUTTER: THE BEST NURSING BRAS
We looked at 40 new and time-tested bras in 2024. Once we whittled that pile down to 17 finalists, we sent them out to a panel of 12 nursing moms.
THE RIBBON STUDIO
Angela Liguori and the Studio Carta Story: Interview, Copywriting, + Color Stories. Order THE RIBBON STUDIO from Abrams here.
WIRECUTTER: THE BEST WEARABLE BREAST PUMPS
The Best Wearable Breast Pumps of 2024: Testing, research, interviews, and updates writer
MAINE MAG
Maine writer and photographer Coco McCracken on the concept of belonging and setting down roots.
Public Speaking
Bottle Episodes Chapbook Launch with Michael Colbert, Cocktail Mary/Oun Lido’s, Portland, ME, December 19th, 2025.
Read to Me, Coco McCracken in conversation with Chloe Garcia Roberts, Lambs, Portland, ME, January 21st, 2025.
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
Hewnaoaks Artist Colony, Summer Residencies Literary Arts, 2026
Greater Columbus Arts Council, Artists Elevated Award, Literary Arts Juror 2024
Maine Literary Awards Juror, Non-fiction 2023
Representation
Coco McCracken is represented by Iris Blasi of Arc Literary Management. For all writing-related inquiries please contact Iris at iris@arcliterary.com
