ART BY SAMANTHA LUCIA

Samantha Lucia (she/her) is a queer poet and photographer based in Asheville, NC. Her creative work is shaped by chronic illness, which has heightened her sensitivity to nuance, silence, and the subtle movements within experience. She approaches poetry and photography as parallel acts of witness, each offering distinct ways of engaging with what is layered, ancestral, and unfinished. Her poetry and visual art appear or are forthcoming in Poetries in English, Witches Magazine, Fang & Flower Literary Magazine, Lunar Sea Literary, and Yin Literary, among others. Social: @iamsamanthalulu.