[7] She is the co-editor of an anthology on the work of Carrie Mae Weems (MIT Press),[8] which received the 2021 Photography Network Book Prize,[9] and the author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller,[10] The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery (Simon & Schuster), a layered, story-driven investigation of how innovation, discovery, and the creative process are all spurred on by advantages gleaned from improbable foundations.
[13] Lewis was the guest editor for Aperture’s Summer 2016 “Vision & Justice” issue, which focuses on the role of photography in the African American experience.
'[18] Lewis is the co-editor, along with Leigh Raiford and Deborah Willis, of the Vision & Justice Book Series, launched in partnership with Aperture.
[21] She is a frequent speaker and has lectured at many universities and conferences such as TEDGlobal, SXSW, PopTech, ASCD and for a wide range of organizations from the Aspen Institute to the Getty to The Federal Reserve Bank.
She is a board member of Creative Time, Thames & Hudson, Inc., and Harvard Design Press, and serves on the Yale University Honorary Degrees Committee.