Jessica E. Johnson’s newly released memoir hits the shelves to rave reviews.
Signal Boost: Reviews of Mettlework
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Seasonal Spotlight: Summer Press Highlights
A few snapshots from summer blurbs and reviews... Blurb by Moriel Rothman-Zecher, author of Before all the World and Sadness is a White Bird Nothing Vast – by Moshe Marvit Acre Books, forthcoming fall 2024 "Nothing Vast is a rich, intelligent and lucid...
Recent Press Recap
Reviews for HERE IS A GAME WE COULD PLAY by Jenny Bitner, OUR CANCERS by Dan O’Brien, and HEADLESS JOHN THE BAPTIST HITCHHIKING by C.T. Salazar
Library Journal review of C.T. Salazar’s Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking
“An immense tenderness underlies Salazar’s standout first collection. The poems probe the ever-presence of history, family, place, religion, and grief insisting on multidimensionality and the complicated ways the aforementioned entwine with us, for better and worse....
Review of Dan O’Brien’s OUR CANCERS by Megan Kuklis
“Dan O’Brien’s collection has brought his experience of his wife’s and his own cancer into the realm of shared memory. Although deeply personal, his poetic memories transcend into the universal story of grief and caregiving. […]
A New Review of The Beforeland… in THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW!
We’re just a little excited to announce that an Acre book has finally appeared in the Book Review section of The New York Times, and none are more deserving of this honor than Corinna Vallianatos’s brilliant novel The Beforeland.
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 finalist for the Balcones Poetry Prize! Check out the list of other finalists (for the poetry as well as...
Spider Love Song and Other Stories Is Finalist for Firecracker Awards!
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...
Grace for Grace Appears on The Orange County Register’s Summer Reading List!
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!
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 poetry published by a literary press in 2019. Cue mad applause for the amazing Faylita Hicks and her brilliant debut...