About the Author
Trent Lewin writes novels and short stories. Fiction is where he lives. As a person of color, an immigrant to North America, and a father, his experiences shape both his life and his writing. He is also a dedicated climate advocate. Over the years, he has been privileged to win or be listed in various writing competitions and has had his work published in literary magazines and journals.
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Excited to have a ‘Distinguished Story’ in The Best American Short Stories anthology for 2025. What’s this mean? The story is not published in the anthology. There are 20 excellent stories, curated from amongst all North American published short stories...
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The Doge of Flatbush was just published by Peatsmoke, for which I am eternally glad. I do set out to write dense fiction at times, possibly even characterized as ‘weird’. My writing voice is whatever it happens to be –...
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This story traces the subjugation and liberation of a girl from China as she arrives in Canada, and hears a story about the corpse flower — a flower that only blooms every twelve years.