Lewis Dimmick specializes in teaching first-year writing, working to engage beginning college students in meaningful and equitable writing instruction.
Inspired by Paulo Friere’s assertion that “education is politics,” his class is shaped as a democratic project, where students collaborate on curriculum design and their voices are centered in the classroom experience.
A former working musician, his first book, THIS MUSIC: Pieces on Heavy Metal, Punk Rock, and Hardcore Punk, was published by Wardance Records in 2013.
Lewis is also committed to community outreach, currently serving as a writing mentor in the Visible Ink program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Degrees
MFA, New York University
BA, College of Staten Island
BOOKS
ESSAYS
Dimmick, Lewis. “Now You’re Not Around.” HeadStuff, June 2020.
Dimmick, Lewis. “Hardcore Hero Tom Capone’s Metal Roots.” Decibel Magazine, September 2014.
Dimmick, Lewis. “Controlled Fire.” Decibel Magazine, May 2014.
