Paige Lewis is an American poet and the author of the collection Space Struck,[1] which was named one of the Best Books of 2019 by Entropy[2] and Book Riot.[3]
Paige Lewis | |
|---|---|
 Lewis in 2020 | |
| Born | 1991 |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Florida State University |
| Spouse | Kaveh Akbar |
| Website | |
| paigelewispoetry | |
They are Assistant Professor in the undergraduate creative writing program at the University of Iowa.[4] Before that, they taught at Purdue University. They also teach in the low-residency fine art program at Randolph College.[5]
They curated a YouTube poetry series called Ours Poetica for Complexly .[6] They served as assistant editor at Divedapper and as assistant poetry editor of The Southeast Review.[7] They co-edited, with Kaveh Akbar, the Sarabande Books anthology Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance.
Early life and education
editLewis received their MFA and PhD from Florida State University.[8]
Works
editLewis won The Florida Review 's Editor’s Award in Poetry in 2016[9] and was named The Adroit Journal 's Gregory Djanikian Scholar in 2018.[10]
In 2019, their debut collection Space Struck was published by Sarabande Books.
The Millions called it "One of the best debuts of the year," writing: "Poem by poem, Lewis builds a menagerie of mood and matter."[11] The Rumpus wrote that "It pulses with light and shimmers with hope."[12] The Carolina Quarterly wrote: "In a Lewis poem, paying attention reveals craziness and danger. . . Lewis’ poems show us what is so hard to look at, the truth we squirm to see. And they make us culpable in the process."[13]
In an interview, The Adroit Journal noted that "Space Struck swerves toward the tercet in numerous instances" and described the poems as "sometimes directly interrogate the metaphysical, the spiritual realm."[14] Stay Thirsty Magazine wrote: "Lewis takes up this idea of purgatory, and other religious ideals, in much of their work. The speaker of their poetry searches the space between religious reveries and the corporeal truths of reality."[15]
Lewis' poetry has appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Gulf Coast, The Massachusetts Review, The Georgia Review, The Iowa Review, Poetry Northwest, and Ninth Letter, and anthologized in Best New Poets 2017.
Personal life
editLewis is married to the Iranian American poet Kaveh Akbar.[16][17][18]
Awards and honors
edit- 2016: The Florida Review 's Editor’s Award in Poetry
- 2018: The Adroit Journal 's Gregory Djanikian Scholar
Bibliography
editPoetry
edit- Space Struck. Sarabande Books. 2019. ISBN 978-1946448446.
Co-edited
edit- Another Last Call: Poems on Addiction and Deliverance. Sarabande. 2023. ISBN 9780241391587.
References
edit- ^ "POET IN THE MIRROR: PAIGE LEWIS". Frontier Poetry. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Entropy: Best Poetry Books & Poetry Collections of 2019". Year-End Lists. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "The Best Books of 2019". Book Riot. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Paige Lewis". The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "AWARD-WINNING POET PAIGE LEWIS JOINS M.F.A. FACULTY". Randolph College. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Smith, Dakota. "On Beloveds, Birds, and the Expansiveness of Space: Talking with Paige Lewis". The Rumpus. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "New Harmony Writer's Residency to host two poetry readings". University of Southern Indiana. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Interview with Paige Lewis". Parentheses Journal. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Florida Review 2016 Editor's Award Winners". New Pages. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Schnepp, E. B. "THE MODERN ORPHEUS: A REVIEW OF PAIGE LEWIS'S 'SPACE STRUCK'". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Ripatrazone, Nick. "Must-Read Poetry: October 2019". The Millions. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Wade, Julie Marie. "A Quintessential Quarantine Read: Paige Lewis's Space Struck". The Rumpus. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Bacharach, Deborah. "Space Struck: A Review". The Carolina Quarterly. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Vizzo, Emily. "CONVERSATIONS WITH CONTRIBUTORS: PAIGE LEWIS". The Adroit Journal. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Emerging Poets to Breathe in This Spring". Stay Thirsty Magazine. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Ramakrishnan, Meenu. "Professors find love through poetry". The Purdue Exponent. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Kosinski, George. ""Married to my favorite poet" W@G: Paige Lewis and Kaveh Akbar". The Scarlet & Black. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
- ^ Milne, Stefan. "Paige Lewis and Kaveh Akbar Are Throwing a Huge Love Poem Reading". Seattle Met. Retrieved June 28, 2024.