Publisher Nicola Mason on the opportunities that have shaped Acre and her sensibilities as a reader and editor.
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Three Questions with Malia Márquez
In this interview, Acre’s summer graduate assistant editor, Sam Simas, speaks with Acre author Malia Márquez about her layered, multigenerational novel and the feminist perspective woven throughout her work. Check out This Fierce Blood and stay tuned for more conversations with Acre’s authors in future interviews.
An Interview with Lisa Ampleman
Acre’s Lisa Ampleman talks about her multifaceted roles as a poet and editor, her creative process, and the inspirations behind her third full-length collection, MOM IN SPACE.
Author Jenna Le on Form, Aesthetics, and Manatees
Poetry Editor Lisa Ampleman Interviews Jenna Le, Author of MANATEE LAGOON
An Interview with Jenn Scott
Author Jenn Scott on POV, Intention, and Identity in ALL THE TINY BEAUTIES
Rob McLennan: 12 or 20 Questions with Ian Stansel
We’re very lucky to be blessed with another fantastic interview of an Acre author. This time it’s Ian Stansel, whose superb, haunting collection Glossary for the End of Days was released last September. Click here (or the image) to read his engrossing conversation...
An Interview with Thomas Legendre, Part 3
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....
An Interview with Thomas Legendre, Part 2
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...
An Interview with Thomas Legendre, Part 1
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...
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers Interviewed by The Rumpus Poetry Club!
The always wonderful and supportive Rumpus Poetry Book Club sat down with The Tilt Torn Away from the Seasons author Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers to talk about the book, “sonnet crowns, formal experimentation, the Mars rover, and getting enough sleep while parenting a...