His book White Women Writers and Their African Invention (focusing mainly on Olive Schreiner and Karen Blixen) appeared in 2003 from the University Press of Florida, and he has also published numerous articles on contemporary South African literature, culture, and politics. As editor of Illuminations: An International Magazine of Contemporary Writing he recently published a collection of tributes to Dennis Brutus in honor of Brutus's 80th birthday. Lewis also directs the College of Charleston's program in the Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World.