Mark Your Calendars… A Huge Acre Reading Is Coming on August 15th!
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 [...]
Another Accolade for HoodWitch!
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 [...]
HoodWitch Named Finalist for 2020 Julie Suk Award!
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 [...]
Faylita Hicks’ “Girl 1994: Gawd” on Sundress’s Best of the Net 2019!
Congratulations to poet and activist Faylita Hicks, author of HoodWitch, on having her poem "Girl 1994: Gawd" featured in Sundress Publication's Best of the Net poetry [...]
#SEPTWOMENPOETS BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Acre’s Assistant Poetry Editor Shara Lessley launched the #SeptWomenPoets hashtag (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) as a way to create an online book club [...]
HoodWitch Recommended By Bitch Media
Bitch Media listed Faylita Hicks' upcoming poetry collection HoodWitch today in a list of "7 Books by Queer Black Writers to Read in Honor of James Baldwin's Birthday." They [...]
New Poems in The Rumpus from Faylita Hicks
While you wait for Faylita Hicks' powerful poetry collection, HoodWitch, check out her poems published today in The Rumpus: "All It Took to Get to You," "For The White [...]
Poetry Collections by LGBTQIA+ Writers: Faylita Hicks’ HoodWitch
Image from Bustle. Don't miss Acre's mention in a new list from Bustle: 26 New Poetry Collections By LGBTQIA+ Writers to Look Out [...]
Acre’s Coming Attractions
Six titles coming at you in 2019! To learn more, view our Coming Attractions trailer. . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVxtHc3JiA4&fbclid=IwAR2VhZObcfjrkvrd50ykhq0FYbIyoP3_Ft7ddhnazwBvRKIsLDvzv99_vnk
Hicks: Three Powerful Essays and a Micro
Faylita Hicks, whose debut poetry collection, HoodWitch, is forthcoming from Acre this October, has published three powerful essays of late---one in Slate, one in HuffPost, and [...]