Acre Books

04/17/2026

Happy publication day to A THOUSAND SOULS by . 📚🎉

A collection of fourteen stories interweaving the lives of three generations in the remote town of Neptune, Vermont. Sharply observed, wry, and deeply tender, these stories resonate with both the intricacy and cost of interconnection as the years pass, and ordinary lives take unexpected turns. 

In a recent interview (linked in bio), Tudish noted that the fictional town she created for the novel still feels real and close to her as a writer. “I feel as if I spent time with these characters,” she said. “I want to advise people to read each story slowly and take in every detail. You have to stop and play, and then you’ll get things that you wouldn’t if you were reading fast.”

We’ve long admired the precision and care in Tudish’s writing, and we hope you love this book as much as we do.

Available now. Link in bio.
Order through your local bookstore or request from your library. 🍂

Also available on NetGalley for those interested in reviewing.

04/14/2026

Ará’lúèbó continues to dazzle the world with its brilliance. ✨

Are you interested in experiencing a new voice built on multilayered characters? This collection is an immigrant monologue with rich background songs.

Kányin Olorunnisola is on tour. Look for Ará’lúèbó in bookstores near you, and request copies from your local library. If you have a journal in mind, please reach out—we’ll provide (watermarked digital) copies to interested reviewers.

Also on NetGalley: https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/809984?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio

04/08/2026

Three cheers for James Stewart and DEFIANT ACTS, winner of the Friends of American Writers Literary Award—whose past recipients include Toni Morrison!—and a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book Awards (Foreword Reviews). Congratulations, Jim!

https://acre-books.com/titles/defiant-acts/

04/02/2026

As the West braces for another hot, dry summer, we’re revisiting this powerful piece from by Acre author , whose work in SURVIVOR’S NOTEBOOK and OUR CANCERS continues to ask what it means to live through—and breathe in—the long aftermath of disaster.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/11/opinion/wildfire-september-11-palisades.html

Reposted from

I’m grateful to editors Adam Sternbergh, Vanessa Mobley, Dan Saltzstein, and the design team at the Times, for publishing so beautifully my essay about catastrophe, luck, resilience, and hope. Link to gift article in bio.

04/02/2026

Acre Books is open for a limited spring reading period in nonfiction!

We're looking for creative nonfiction broadly, including memoir, graphic nonfiction, essay collections, and narrative nonfiction.

For this call, we’re reading full manuscripts (no query required). Submit through our website at https://acre-books.com/submissions/ by April 15.

03/27/2026

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨

What do zebras on the moon and dragons along the Pacific Coast Highway have in common? They’re both in José Hernandez Diaz’s upcoming collection of poetry: The Lighthouse Tattoo.

“I’m trapped inside of this prose poem, but I don’t want to get out. It’s nice and cozy in here. I’m invincible.”

Preorder your copy now. Available November 2026.
https://acre-books.com/titles/the-lighthouse-tattoo-poems/

03/27/2026

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨

Some roads lead you back to where you started, even when you’re trying to escape. 🌾

Emotionally acute and lyrically spare, Jaclyn Gilbert's BUTTER ROAD centers on living with what we can’t control, on understanding trauma and collective grief, and on following one’s heart.

Preorder your copy now. Available October 2026.
https://acre-books.com/titles/butter-road-a-novel/

03/27/2026

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨

🔮 Fake Fortunetellers. Priests moonlighting as professional wrestlers. Dayton Dix (the male strip club, of course). Ritual spanking at Hofbräuhaus.

Expect nothing less in the stories from Ernie Wang’s phenomenal debut, MANUAL FOR HOW TO LIVE MAGNIFICENTLY.

Preorder your copy now. Available September 2026.
https://acre-books.com/titles/manual-for-how-to-live-magnificently-stories/

03/24/2026