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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Joanna Pearson’s Every Human Love is a 2019 Foreword INDIES Finalist!
We are grateful to be able to offer some good news in tense and traumatic times. Congrats to Acre author Joanna Pearson, whose novel Every Human Love is a finalist for the 2019 INDIES Award!
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 awards for 2019! Originally published by The Cincinnati Review, “Girl 1994: Gawd” is also included...
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...
Nancy Au on And the Next Thing You Know!
Nancy Au and Suzie ShermanNancy Au, author of last year’s Spider Love Song and Other Stories, got together with And the Next Thing You Know host Suzie Sherman to record the most recent episode of the podcast. Featured in this installment are some deep conversations...
#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...
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...
GLOW Queer Literature Feature on Nancy Au
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...
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....
Don’t Forget: Hannah Dow’s Rosarium as The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed
Did you know that Hannah Dow’s poetry collection Rosarium was a The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed pick from Sundress Publications this spring? The Wardrobe highlights a collection through the lens of a single poem, picking their favorite spotlights for “Best Dressed.” In...