Aquakineticist

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Through a poetic expression of a bildungsroman, this collection explores the formative years of childhood and young womanhood, from innocent doe-eyed child to sexualized object to scorned woman. Abby N. Lewis presents a persuasive collection on the female coming-of-age experience and the psychological tolls of growing up as a young woman in the American South.

Abby N. Lewis is a poet from Dandridge, Tennessee. She is the author of the poetry collection Reticent (2016) and two chapbooks. She holds several master’s degrees. Her creative work has appeared in over a dozen journals and magazines, most notably Timber. Her book reviews and interviews can frequently be found on Chapter 16’s website. Keep up with her on her website, freeairforfish.com.

Palm Up, Fingers Curled
A chapbook available at:   https://www.planbpress.com/store/p107/Palm_Up%2C_Fingers_Curled_by_Abby_N._Lewis.html

Palm Up, Fingers Curled explores the tenuous–and dangerous–transition from innocent young girl to sexualized teenager. The title poem, “Palm Up, Fingers Curled,” which the cover is based on, describes the young female narrator sitting down at a table with her father and grandfather on her grandfather’s back porch, unknowingly entering a conversation about the brutal rape and torture of a young woman who was recently in the news. Another poem, the first in the collection, describes an event in which the narrator comes close to becoming a missing person, one of the invisible women who haunt billboards, their ghosts staring out of faded, wrinkled fliers.

“Abby N. Lewis’s poetry collection immerses readers in the quiet intimacies of contemplation, examining the poignant tension between innocence and brutality.”
— Matthew Gilbert, Poetry Editor, Black Moon Magazine

Reticent
A full-length poetry collection available at: http://gratefulsteps.org/rapidcart/index.html

There is grief hidden behind every hand raised in farewell, every soft bell of laughter. We wear our loss like a winter coat, bodies bowed under the heavy burden. Some flaunt the mound of fur, while others hide in the folds. This collection is for the perspicacious chameleons—the quiet gatherers of stray glances and uncomfortable silences—for the terrariums you carry within your eyes, absorbing the tears of others with your moss-covered lashes. May your homes never shatter.
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“A wonderfully thoughtful and original volume of work.”
— Nancy Dillingham, Author of Thanks for the Dark But That’s Not Home

This Fluid Journey
A poetry chapbook available at: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/this-fluid-journey-by-abby-n-lewis/
 
“This Fluid Journey begins a quest, a poet’s true course, and readers will surely discover many treasures along the way.”
— Jesse Graves, Author of Basin Ghosts & Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine

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