Writing Samples

Alex Lewis is an Ohio-based essayist, journalist, Shut Up & Write host, and founder of Car Window Poetry. He publishes Feels Like Home, a Substack newsletter with over 12,000 monthly reads.

For more than 1,800 subscribers, including Deesha Philyaw, Imani Perry, and Nate Marshall, Alex writes personal essays and weekly content recommendations about things he loves & the people and moments that have shaped him—often finding connections within music, sports, pop culture, and more.

Alex publishes monthly online and print bylines for local publications Columbus Underground & (614) Magazine and quarterly print stories for Refined.

Also, Alex’s work has been published in Hanif Abdurraqib's music archival project 68to05 and shared by some of the most influential at their craft, including Kid Cudi, Shea Serrano, and Terrell Owens.