# Event Details - **Event Name**: Underlake: An Evening with Erin L. McCoy - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Tombolo Books is thrilled to welcome back local author Erin L. McCoy for her debut novel, Underlake!About this EventTombolo Books is thrilled to welcome back local author Erin L. McCoy for her debut novel, Underlake! In taking her place as a major new voice in American fiction, McCoy shrewdly explores the American obsession with land, inheritance, and race, asking what we cling to when the world changes—and who gets erased in the name of preserving it.Hypnotic and arresting, Underlake brings a poet’s attention to language, evoking the ethereal work of Marilynne Robinson, Lauren Groff, and Emily St. John Mandel and the imaginative brio of Margaret Atwood.More about UnderlakeWhen a mother claims her missing daughter is alive beneath a lake in a flooded valley, a marine biologist descends into a hidden underwater settlement where those who refused to leave have built a sealed-off world—and where the consequences of that choice are beginning to surface.Twelve years ago, Otta escaped her small town, determined to become a marine biologist. Now she’s returned, carrying the guilt of a friend’s disappearance during a deep-sea dive and unsure she’ll ever be able to dive again. Then a stranger, May, appears at her door, insisting that her daughter who ran away is under the nearby lake—alive.It turns out the small-town legend is true: Three decades ago, the entire valley was flooded to build a dam, but the people who lived there refused to leave. These “refugees of a world obsessed with change” now inhabit an underwater realm. To find the missing girl, Otta and May come face-to-face with communities that have lived in isolation for decades, breeding extremes of delusion and nostalgia. As they push their bodies to the mortal limit, the women must confront the fear, control, and suspicion born of the misguided quest to construct a purer world.Erin L. McCoy is the author of the poetry collection Wrecks, a finalist for the Noemi Press Book Award. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Narrative, Conjunctions, Bennington Review, The American Poetry Review, and Best New Poets, among other publications. Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Erin has lived in Seattle, Malaysia, Spain, and two St. Petersburgs. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/st-petersburg/underlake-an-evening-with-erin-l-mccoy/100001984826441316 - **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Sports - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Funderlake-an-evening-with-erin-l-mccoy-tickets-1984826441316 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: St. Petersburg - **state**: FL - **country**: United States - **location**: Tombolo Books - **lat**: 27.7703894 - **long**: -82.662684 - **full address**: Tombolo Books, 2153 1st Avenue South, St. Petersburg, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Tombolo Books (https://allevents.in/org/tombolo-books/19207865) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/00a61ce2292c9bbba1329aec03cb6e99b498fe4d789892797c9bb3c8abb66598-rimg-w1200-h571-dca6c1bd-gmir.jpg?v=1773097338 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/dbac9968a0d55a5c3dea3fcfe6806b1201457d2144856068e21b5c927a6ee571-rimg-w400-h400-dca6c0bc-gmir.jpg?v=1773097337 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Tue, 21 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Tombolo Books, 2153 1st Avenue South, St. Petersburg, United States - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 USD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Tombolo Books - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** Art, literary-art, Sports - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Underlake: An Evening with Erin L. 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