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We are thrilled to present our Fall 2024 lineup: The Great Game: Essays and Poetics by Amit Majmudar; The Alcestis Machine, a poetry collection by Carolyn Oliver; and Nothing Vast, the debut novel from Moshe Zvi Marvit. Preorder links are live on each book's page....
As part of our 2020 titles’ relaunching campaign in response to canceled events and divided attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, this reading ALSO features the authors of all our 2019 books, making this lineup a force to be reckoned with. The reading will...
Nicola Mason: Because the book involves time travel, there are two Aarons and two Violets (what one reviewer calls a ménage à quatre). As readers, we are privy to the thoughts of both Violets—the impassioned musician in 1988 and the frazzled mother of two in 2006....
Nicola Mason: In your essay “A Phenomenology of Fiction,” you describe how modern philosophy and quantum physics undergird not just your characters’ perceptions but your writing methodology as well. I was particularly struck by Christopher Tilley’s treatment of...
Nicola Mason: In Keeping Time, Aaron is an archaeologist—and American expat in Scotland—and his knowledge of Neolithic sites and rituals derives in large part from your script-writing research for Half Life, an environmental art event (taking place across a hundred...
It seems like every other week we’re posting about a new recognition for Faylita Hicks’s revolutionary debut poetry collection HoodWitch. This time the book is a finalist for the Balcones Poetry Prize! Check out the list of other finalists (for the poetry as well as...
We are very pleased to announce that Nancy Au’s Spider Love Song and Other Stories is a finalist in fiction for The Firecracker Awards! Thank you, CLMP! The final winners will be announced at the end of the month. Join us in wishing Nancy as much luck as you can...
The OCR placed Steve De Jarnatt’s freshly released Grace for Grace shoulder to shoulder with its other picks for quality summer reading. They had some kind words to say in their brief blurb, which is quoted below. Make sure to click the link here to see the rest of the selection!
Acre Books’ kinprint publication The Cincinnati Review‘s annual summer contest is now open for submissions. The Robert and Adele Schiff Awards provide one winner in each of the categories of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction with $1000 prize. The contest also...
We at Acre are absolutely thrilled that Faylita Hicks’s HoodWitch has been named one of nine finalists for the Julie Suk Award for the best book of poetry published by a literary press in 2019. Cue mad applause for the amazing Faylita Hicks and her brilliant debut...