Alexis Lawson

Alexis Lawson is a poet, storyteller, daydreamer, and author of the poetry collection The Beauty in my Bare Bones (2019). Alexis received her BA in creative writing from Appalachian State University. She aspires to give her readers the key to hundreds of worlds within a lifetime, and to give people who feel forgotten, overlooked, and not included in literature a place to call their own. Alexis intends to break the trauma troupe in literature and reinforce black joy in narratives. She is passionate about crafting stories that inspire others to become the people they read about. Alexis runs her writing blog @HerBlackHand via instagram where she shares snippets of her poetry, short story, and everyday writer's life. She enjoys interacting with other young writers in her genre because she believes that it is important for people to feel supported and represented in any space that they are in.