Courtney McCracken

writer + photographer based in portland, maine.
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[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

I wrote to famous people my entire childhood, but when it came to actually meeting one... 🙃🫣"Ryan Gosling Asian Girlfriend" in Copy Mag:

https://t.co/gakUsDLplV

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

This 🔥

"It wasn’t until I’d been kissed by a white boy myself that I realized I had been giving them too much credit." @hadera_mckay on the escapism—and exclusion—of the nineties teen rom-com: https://t.co/aoZFaRmqeX via @CatapultStory

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

This 👌🏽

[Dr. Joshua Bennett @SirJoshBennett]

Glad to have a new poem featured in this week’s @NewYorker

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

This Monday 'The Rabbit' gets released into the wild. Also might be the first time I've ever read my work publicly... so there's that. Come to see me sweat, stay for the convo with Jaed Coffin! 🥲
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[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

@melissafebos @MaineWriters @MaineMechanics @jessicamyerart Thanks for making so much of this happen!! @melissafebos 🙏🏽🤸🏽🥰

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@TarynBowe 😍🥰

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

"Where are the Asian women who just hang with the guys on trivia nights?" + more thoughts on the terrible gap between reality and AAPI people represented in pop culture:

Asians & American bar culture by @cocomccracken https://t.co/b92TambI3g

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/vvKVsD2QcU

[menno versteeg @mennovers]

Best halftime show in a long time but kinda fucked that lady gaga got a halftime to herself and 6 of the greatest rappers of all time had to share theirs.

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

Calling all #maineartists 😍

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

I first got this amazing news from @MaineWriters sitting at the Castlerock Pub at @Sugarbush_VT and I'm so sorry for everyone sitting at the bar who had to see me ugly cry & robot walk my way out of there in my too-tight ski boots.

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

@MaineWriters @melissafebos Let's just say I watched The Rescue too soon after getting this news and now my emotions are on fire 😵

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

Ryan Gosling Asian Girlfriend, by @cocomccracken https://t.co/HUQr1Z5wyq

My latest newsletter should have just been called Cringe but I figured this title was better for SEO.

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

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[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

Once upon a time I was equally cynical, but I just worked in music. Writing is bringing back all the self-esteem issues I thought I left behind 🙌🏼

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[Nirav D. Shah @nirav_maine]

I like @Twitter. It's great for those times when you only have 3 minutes and need to be completely outraged.

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

Just submitted my first query letter for @MaineWriters #Pitch and wow what is this strange adrenaline reviving my cold black soul

[Courtney McCracken @cocomccracken]

@PhotoLMP @woodlandcc Aw yes! Congrats Lisa 😍