Nicole McCarthy
Poet | Writer | Artist
PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES
Publications
FORTHCOMING - "TOUCH" in PANK
"Grandma" Periodicities Journal
"Post-Divorce: A Spell" Moonchild Magazine —
"Do You Ever Imagine Your Life as a Peach?" + Featured Poet on The Tattooed Poets Project—
"Wild" 3 Micros at The Offing—
"Chatter" in Best American Experimental Writing 2018 anthology from Wesleyan University Press—
Memory Experiment "Manipulate: 2" FIVE:2:ONE—
"2 Blueprints" Heavy Feather Review—
"I'll Eat Later" Glass: A Journal of Poetry—
"1-2-3, DRINK" Memoir Mixtapes—
"Beyoncé collage" Dream Pop Press—
"Ribs" Glass: A Journal of Poetry—
“The Trauma of Whiskey” (B)oink Magazine—
“[i miscarried a watermelon]” The Shallow Ends—
"17/27" Best of Year Three Anthology with Crab Fat Magazine—
Work in A Shadow Map, a Sexual Assault Survivor Anthology from Civil Coping Mechanisms Press—
“Memory Blueprints- grandpa” Ghost Proposal—
“A Procedure” Tinderbox Poetry—
“Tick Tock” and “17/27” Crab Fat Magazine—
“Misc. Beyoncé Poems” The Fem Literary Magazine—
“Matrimony in Four Parts” Punctuate Magazine—
Features
Nicole McCarthy's Book to be Published by Heavy Feather Review, June 2021
National Poetry Month Featured Poet at The Tattooed Poets Project, April 2019
Featured Writer in Poets & Writers Magazine "How to Write" Series, March 2019 (Print only)
Featured writer in the 2019 Artist Trust "Fund the Artists" video, April 2019
Nicole McCarthy Selected as a 2018 GAP Award Recipient from Artist Trust, October 2018
BAX review featured on rob mclennan's blog, September 2018
Best American Experimental Writing @ Open Books Review, August 2018
"Do You Ever Imagine Your Life as a Peach?" feature on The Poetry Pharmacy, March 2018
My (Small Press) Writing Day feature on rob mclennan's blog, March 2018
Etch to Their Own Newsletter "End of 2017 Wrap Up", December 2017
Maudlin House “Writers of the Week”, Fall 2017
Sundress Publications “Weekly Writing Round-Up”, Fall 2017
Etch To Their Own Newsletter, Summer 2017
University of Washington Bothell MFA news, Spring 2017
BIO
First book is being published by Heavy Feather Review - Spring 2022
Nicole McCarthy is an experimental writer|poet|artist from the pacific northwest.
She earned her MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics from the University of Washington Bothell. She was the managing editor for the online literary journal, The James Franco Review, a project focused on promoting visibility for underrepresented writers & narratives.
Her work has been performed and encountered through installation pieces throughout Seattle & Tacoma.
Her written & visual pieces have appeared or are forthcoming in: PANK, Hobart, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, The Offing, Redivider, The Shallow Ends, Punctuate. a Nonfiction Magazine, The Fem Lit Journal, Ghost Proposal, Civil Coping Mechanism's A Shadow Map anthology, the 2018 Best American Experimental Writing anthology from Wesleyan University Press, and more. She is a recent GAP grant recipient from Artist Trust.
Her first book, a hybrid collection about memory, will be published with Heavy Feather Review in 2022. She's at work on her second book this year, a collection about marriage and divorce, with support from Artist Trust and Alma Mater.
UPCOMING EVENTS
January
30
An Evening with Robert Lashley & Kellie Richardson
Third Place Books, Seward Park
7PM
February
8
Book launch for The Uncertainty of Light with Alana Saltz, Patryja Humienik, and Christina Butcher
Honey at Alma Mater, Tacoma
7PM
PAST EVENTS
10/8/19 -- DIVORCE: A Performance Sponsored by Artist Trust, Stimson-Green Mansion, Seattle
9/20/19 -- &Now Innovative Writing Festival, University of Washington Bothell, WA
4/24/19 -- Pacifica Literary Review, Capitol Cider, Seattle.
3/29/19 -- Tarpaulin Sky & Lettered Streets Press AWP Off-Site reading with Piper J Daniels, Portland.
1/17/19 -- Margin Shift, Common Area Maintenance, Seattle.
8/25/18 -- Best American Experimental Writing Anthology Release & Reading with Sarah Dowling + Don Mee Choi. Open Books, Seattle.
8/20/18 -- Featured Reader at Creative Colloquy. Alma Mater, Tacoma.
7/31/18 -- Featured Reader at Literary Happy Hour. Capitol Cider, Seattle.
5/27/18 -- Red May reading. Vermillion, Seattle.