Camille Acker is a writer, educator, and editor.
She is the author of the critically acclaimed short-story collection Training School for Negro Girls, and the forthcoming satirical novel, A Very Special Episode. Currently, she is Writer-in-Residence at Temple University's MFA Program and has taught at universities and art spaces across the country. She is also the Reviews and Features Editor for the film and visual culture journal Seen, a BlackStar Project.
A Very Special Episode
"Hella funny, and boldly irreverent, A Very Special Episode offers a glimpse into the world of the Bougie through the eyes of a Badass. Satire this biting can only come from a combination of brilliance and love. Sentence by sentence, Camille Acker proves she is a rare talent with a unique ability to capture the moment.”
—Mat Johnson, author of Invisible Things
Training School for Negro Girls
"The life experience of Acker’s Washingtonian women is broad: teachers, T.S.A. employees, college applicants, the young and the elderly —but they all share a shrewd understanding of the narrow perceptions they face as black women. When underestimated they’re often fiercely, beautifully unyielding. "
-- The New York Times Book Review
Other Work
Cultural criticism, book reviews, reported articles, and audio stories from The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Audible, Electric Literature, Seen, a BlackStar Project, and others.