Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage
(On W. Polk St., just east of Clark St.)
Sunday 9/13, 2pm

Jennifer Acker is a writer, editor, and translator. She is founder and editor in chief of the global, award-winning literary magazine The Common. Her debut novel, The Limits of the World, was a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award, and her memoir Fatigue is a #1 Amazon bestseller. Acker has an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars and a BA from Amherst College, where she directs LitFest. She lives in Western Massachusetts and Portland, Maine. Her second novel, Surrender, was released in April 2026.