Cass Lewis

Cass Lewis

Contributor

BSR Contributor Since January 28, 2020

Cass Lewis (she/her pronouns) has contributed to 10 books and publications including The Belladonna Comedy, Boston Literary Magazine, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fractured West, and The Village Voice.

Cassandra Lewis is a contributing writer at Broad Street Review and a former Barrymore Awards adjudicator for Theatre Philadelphia. She teaches creative writing in the Greater Philadelphia area and online and is a Writing Mentor for PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program, for which she was awarded the PEN America/L’Engle Rahman Prize. Her debut novel, Grief Camp, will be published by SFWP in 2027. Find her on Instagram @WriterCassLewis and read samples of her writing by visiting CassandraLewis.com.

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With art projects, there’s something more important than following directions. (Photo by Cass Lewis.)

Can arts education save American democracy?

Creative intervention
As a parent, writer, and lover of the arts, Cass Lewis says we need an intervention of arts education to help prevent events likes the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
Cass Lewis

Cass Lewis

Essays 6 minute read
Hitting a home office first thing in the morning is part of what keeps this writer mom going. (Photo by Cass Lewis Slattery.)

As a parent and a writer, I’m learning to cope with life in quarantine

Waking, sleeping, keeping up
How do we balance anything during life in lockdown? We don’t. But here’s how writer and mother Cass Lewis Slattery is learning to cope.
Cass Lewis

Cass Lewis

Essays 5 minute read
Not so dreamy: Carmen Maria Machado takes a nuanced approach to complicated realities. (Image courtesy of Graywolf Press.)

‘In the Dream House’ by Carmen Maria Machado

Memoir reinvented
Carmen Maria Machado’s innovative memoir, ‘In the Dream House,’ examines an abusive relationship from numerous angles, fighting the silence about domestic violence within queer communities. Cass Lewis reviews.
Cass Lewis

Cass Lewis

Articles 3 minute read
Steve Wright and Charlotte Northeast star in 'The Agitators' at Theatre Horizon. (Photo by Daniel Kontz.).
Acrylic on canvas painting, a young woman to the right, painted in blue and black. Lined paper figurine cutouts on the left

The Barnes Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia present Visions

An exhibition for restorative justice
The Barnes and Mural Arts’s Visions opens this week featuring artworks from system-impacted young people in southeast Pennsylvania. Cass Lewis previews.
Cass Lewis

Cass Lewis

Previews 2 minute read
The book cover. Title and author appear in bold white text with an illustration of a hand holding a candle lit at both ends.

Breaking the Curse: A Memoir about Trauma, Healing, and Italian Witchcraft, by Alex DiFrancesco

A magical memoir of perseverance
Alex DiFrancesco’s memoir is a transformative exploration of identity, spirituality, and perseverance. By delving into the complex layers of trauma and emotion, they offer a haunting narrative of survival and the search for hope. Cass Lewis reviews.
Cass Lewis

Cass Lewis

Reviews 4 minute read
Nixon speaks into a megaphone in the center of a large crowd of people with slickers and umbrellas in the pouring rain.

This Fourth of July, we need a narrative revolution.

Writers and artists lead America’s nonviolent fight for justice.
The Trump administration is trying to rewrite reality and history. Cass Lewis says we’re not going to let them if writers and artists have anything to say about it.
Cass Lewis

Cass Lewis

Essays 5 minute read
Cover; title in thin, yellow letters over all black. An espresso cup and two hands, one w/ a lit cigarette, the person hidden

The Grief Shop and Other Stories from a Broken World, by Alex DiFrancesco

Laughing through the aftermath
Alex DiFrancesco’s forthcoming speculative short story collection offers a timely and cathartic escape. Cass Lewis reviews.
Cass Lewis

Cass Lewis

Reviews 5 minute read