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Another Accolade for HoodWitch!

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...

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HoodWitch Named Finalist for 2020 Julie Suk Award!

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...

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Have Yourself a Very Acre AWP!

To all of our fans at the AWP conference this week and weekend: we would love for you to make it to as many Acre-related events as possible. Here’s a schedule for your convenience. We hope to see you!     Thursday, March 5 11–11:30AM, Elizabeth Lindsey...

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#SEPTWOMENPOETS BOOK GIVEAWAY!

#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 where readers share selections and covers from books by women poets. The challenge has encouraged readers to...

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Another Accolade for HoodWitch!

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 write that: HoodWitch examines what power looks like when reclaimed by Black women and...

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Another Accolade for HoodWitch!

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...

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