This week, Acre author Nancy Au is profiled as part of Radar Productions’ GLOW Queer Literature series. She talks about language as agency, writing versus talking about writing, and finding inspiration in hybrid forms. You can check out a selection below and read the...
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Starred Kirkus Review of Spider Love Song and Other Stories
Excerpt from the starred Kirkus reviewCongratulations to Nancy Au and her upcoming short story collection, Spider Love Song and Other Stories, for receiving a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. You can read the full review here and preorder the book on our website....
Foreword Reviews: Starred Review of Spider Love Song and Other Stories
Many thanks to Foreword Reviews for their starred review of Nancy Au’s upcoming short fiction collection Spider Love Song and Other Stories, which will appear in their September/October issue. Spider Love Song and Other Stories includes seventeen stories that tread...
Nancy Au Wins First Place in Redivider Contest
Congratulations to Nancy Au, first place winner of Redivider Magazine’s Blurred Genre Contest. You can read her winning piece, “Walks Like a Lion,” on their website.
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 Girl in the Poetry Workshop Who Says I Don’t Belong Here,” and “Lil’ Mama Gets High.” The chances...
Poetry Collections by LGBTQIA+ Writers: Faylita Hicks’ HoodWitch
Image from BustleDon’t miss Acre’s mention in a new list from Bustle: 26 New Poetry Collections By LGBTQIA+ Writers to Look Out For in 2019. HoodWitch by Faylita Hicks will be released on October 15 from Acre and is available to buy now on our website. Bustle writes a...
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 one in the Texas Observer. And Cincinnati Review selected her work for its weekly Micro...