A place to commemorate writer-novelist Heather Lewis, 1961/62 -  2002

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Welcome,

 

to the Heather Lewis tribute page.

 

I have designed this website for all those who feel moved and intrigued by Heather’s literary work, and for those who, perhaps, feel touched by Heather herself.

 

 

 

 

The Grasp and The Grapple

by Arion Wyckman

 

It is without question that Heather Lewis was, and still is today, a truly inspirational writer. Most innovative and original, daring and brave in her renditions of the human psyche, the human reality – precise and lethal in her accuracy – Heather does not illustrate. She depicts.

There is no embellishment, no pre-organized comfort line in her work. No warning for the gravity that increases with every word in which she entangles us.

There is only the information. What we do with it, is ours. How we struggle with it, is up to us.

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To quote Allan Gurganus on Heather from his Terror, Eros and Animal postscript: “The girl was every inch an artist.” Me, I would have to agree.

 

For Heather, and all those who fear and fight,

Take notice.

 

read the entire piece

 

 

 

Dedication

 

"The author would like to thank Ann Rower for the grasp and the grapple - for hoisting the wreckage."

Heather Lewis,

The Second Suspect Acknowledgements

(DoubleDay, 1998)