Lawson Lewis is a poet currently studying Creative Writing at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, where she is also the Marketing and Communications Editor of Élan Student Literary Magazine and the president of the Spoken Word Poetry Club. She has also been an intern for the Jacksonville chapter of Women Writing for a Change for three years. Her work revolves around themes of familial and personal relationships, shifting personal identity, and the dissection of ideals like freedom and girlhood.

Lewis will read her work in the Student Showcase at 3 pm on Saturday, December 2nd in the Main Auditorium F-128.

JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival X, a celebration of Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville, will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 1, 2, and 3, 2023 at FSCJ’s Kent Campus, 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, FL, 32205.

JaxbyJax is grateful to our generous sponsors: FSCJ, Alternate Roots, Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, 904WARD, Chamblin’s Bookmine and Uptown Café, Delegal & Poindexter, Andres Rojas, Jacksonville Literary Arts Alliance, Babs’ Lab, JaxPsychoGeo, San Marco Books and More, Scribbles, and Brad Kuhn & Associates, LLC.