A first-generation American, I was born and raised in central New Jersey, in towns along NJ Transit’s Northeast Corridor Rail Line.
I studied literature, spent fifteen years working in the technology industry, and I now work as a Financial Advisor.
I live in Durham, North Carolina with my husband and son, with frequent trips to my Northeast home turf. Memory’s Abacus is my first book.
Publisher: Wiseblood Books
Publication Date: April 30, 2024
In this remarkable first collection, Anna Lewis wends her way through the ordinary spaces and cadences of everyday life, exploring how the past remains present through pattern and memory. Rhyme, repetition, and traditional verse forms—most notably, a strikingly original crown of triolets—probe what’s old and new in our modern day experiences of family, motherhood, loss, and faith. These poems echo with blooms and tombs, windows and war, numbers and names, mythological figures and passing strangers. They collect and count, save and sift, inviting us to take pause, see, and savor what’s visible—and what’s invisible—on our shared and personal journeys through time and space.
Reach me at annalewis7@gmail.com
“What Else Is There,” Valparaiso Poetry Review
“Above It,” First Things
“Solstitium,” Atticus Review
“The Old Place,” The Yale Review
