Sample the Work
Books by Erin Keane
Memoir in Essays: Runaway: Notes on the Myths that Made Me (Belt Publishing, 2022)
Essays and Poems, Edited by Erin: The Louisville Anthology (Belt Publishing, 2020)
Poems: Demolition of the Promised Land (Typecast Publishing, 2014)
Poems: Death-Defying Acts (WordFarm, 2010)
Poems: The Gravity Soundtrack (WordFarm, 2007)
Selected Essays
“State Fair Vanitas,” Essay Daily
“‘November Rain’ in Denmark,” March Sadness Tournament, 2026, Final Four
“Dreamchild, or the Curse of Being Alice,” Essay Daily
“Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Heads Will Roll’ and the Monsters of Influence,” March Danceness Tournament, 2024, Elite Eight
“Fantasia on the Dance Floor: Limahl and Miracles of ‘The Neverending Story‘,” March Fadness Tournament, 2023, Elite Eight
“Notes on ‘E.T.,’ now that we are both in our 40s,” Salon
“There Are Many Atlantic Cities, and One Belongs to Levon Helm,” March Faxness Tournament, Round 1, 2022
Selected Poems
“In the Fluorescent,” Indianapolis Review
“Night Deer,” Necessary Fiction
“When I Tell You the Taco Bell Is Haunted Now,” HAD
“Derby Day Rites,” Velocity
Food and Spirits Writing
The Oracle Pour: A Salon column about cocktails, mindfulness, and life. Ask the Oracle: “What should I drink today?”
“Order the green milk at Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge — it tastes better than nostalgia”
“A vegetarian goes to Transylvania: The case for breaking meat rules on vacation”
“Bar fight: In Puerto Rico, elite bartenders rum-ble in a cocktail mix-off”
Podcasting
These Miracles Work: A Hold Steady Podcast, by Sean Cannon and Erin Keane
In 2008, The Hold Steady released the seminal album “Stay Positive.” This is the story of that record, how things changed for the band, and how they recaptured that magic 10 years later.