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Acre’s next release, Sara Kersting’s debut novel Duty to Warn, has garnered two rave prepub reviews—one in Kirkus, and another (starred) in Foreword. Congrats, Sara! The book is due out October 15, but Amazon is taking preorders now. . . .
Two pieces from Ethan Chatagnier’s Warnings from the Future are thoughtfully examined in Craft‘s A Closer Look feature. Of “Coyote,” Laura Spence-Ash writes: “When there are multiple POVs in a story (or a novel), it is often difficult to know on whose POV the story...
Sara Kersting’s Duty to Warn—due out in October—has already racked up two amazing reviews: one in Kirkus, another (starred!) forthcoming in Foreword, which hails the book as “a finely tuned, suspenseful chase story . . . captivating.”Annnnddd, The Strange and True...
Lisa AmplemanDanielle Cadena Deulen, who ably and beautifully launched Acre Books’s poetry series, is stepping down as Poetry Editor, and Lisa Ampleman is stepping up! For more about Lisa, check out the website. And now for a departing note from Danielle: Dear...
Michael Downs, author of the newly released Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist, answers a few questions about his ambitious, sweeping debut novel, centered on the modest, scientifically-minded man who changed the world by discovering that nitrous...
MAN EATING TREES, tar and varnish on canvas, 72 in x 96 in (182.88 cm x 243.84 cm), collection Akron Art MuseumT. R. Hummer’s AFTER THE AFTERLIFE features MAN EATING TREES by John Sokol. John Sokol on MAN EATING TREES: “The museum made postcards of the painting. One...
ABSTRACT ROSES, gesso, acrylic, gel ink pen on cotton canvas (100 x 40 x 1.8 cm)On the cover of Hannah Dow’s ROSARIUM is a mixed-media representation of roses by Lithuanian artist Lisa Sadziuviene. Lina Sadziuviene on ABSTRACT ROSES: “Most of my works are inspired by...
Michael Downs’s THE STRANGE AND TRUE TALE OF HORACE WELLS, SURGEON DENTIST provides a chill-inspiring close-up of a tooth key—a tool commonly employed in dentistry during the era in which his novel is set. We found the cover image on the website of Alex Peck Medical...
Skip Lawrence on TIGHT LOOP, acrylic on watercolor paper (15 x 15 in.)Ethan Chatagnier’s WARNINGS FROM THE FUTURE features a portion of a painting titled TIGHT LOOP by Skip Lawrence. “Tight loop refers to the loop created in the fly line when making a proper cast....
It’s a banner day for Acre Books: the official release date of our fledgling press’s first novel—Michael Downs’s THE STRANGE AND TRUE TALE OF HORACE WELLS, SURGEON DENTIST—as well as the big reveal of our fall lineup of fab titles! Tooth keys, erupting mountains,...