Karlanna Lewis
Dancer - Writer - Artist - Teacher
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Karlanna Lewis' latest illustrated poetry collection, Romantic Criminals, is now available as an e-book and paperback. Follow the links to get yours today!

Her first children's book, Gladyus & the Voodoo Priestess, is now on sale for e-readers and in traditional book form as well.

Karlanna's previous poetry collection, Cante de Gitanas con Nombres de Luz / Songs of the Gypsys with Names of Light (2011), is also available for purchase as an e-book and as a paperback.

Poetry Publications:
  • "The Kiss Flew Over Two Star-Marked Shoulder Sets,"Soul Fountain, January/February 2011; Apalachee Review, Spring 2011
  • "Blowing Kisses to Star-Marked Backs," Stepping Stones, "Best of 2011," March 2011; 2012 Pushcart Prize nominee
  • "Elegy on behalf of Charles," Kudzu Review "Editor's Choice," 2011; Amphibi.us, June 2011; Hollins Literary Festival Finalist
  • "To the Reader I Alienated," Apalachee Review, Spring 2011
  • Naked Ballerinas in Flight, Florida State University Libraries, Spring 2011
  • "Teaching My Mother How to Swim," Cicada, May/June 2011
  • "Card in Papi's Bard Sleeve," Blinking Cursor, June 2011; BlazeVOX, Winter 2011
  • "Post-Performance," Borderline, June 2011; Blood Lotus, August 2011; BlazeVOX, Winter 2011
  • "Ode to My Father's Hairstyles," Blinking Cursor, July 2011; BlazeVOX, Winter 2011
  • "Tallahassee Canned in a Sea-Glass Jar," Cicada, July/August 2011
  • "911 on Short Notice, from the Coffee Room," Phi Kappa Phi Poetry Contest Winner 2011
  • "Naked Ballerinas in Flight: Dream of a Dancer in Six Acts," Blue Lake Review, November 2011
  • "Elegy for the Romantic Criminals," BlazeVOX, Winter 2011
  • "For Charles, Who We Chase," BlazeVOX, Winter 2011
  • "Before They Made Engines," Phi Kappa Phi Poetry Contest Winner 2012
  • "Cooking Annual," Yahoo! Voices, June 2012
  • "Jazz Song for a VooDoo Priestess," Cicada, July/August 2012
  • "Why They Call the Coast Azure," Cicada, November/December 2012
  • "Stormcloud Son," Collegiate Scholar, 2013
  • "How to Crack Nuts," Arc, Winter 2013
  • "Tango with Mañuel in the Belgrano Rotunda, Cicada, September/October 2013

Fiction Publications:
  • "Mary and the Walrus," Stepping Stones, May 2012

Residencies:
  • Long Island University Writer's Conference, June 2011, with honors conference scholarship from Florida State University
  • Elsewhere Studios Residency, August 2011, with honors conference scholarship from Florida State University
  • Invited to the Arc Poetry Journal Poet-in-Residence mentorship program, December 2011 to November 2012
  • Camac Art Centre Residency (France), June 2012, with tenot bursary