Author, Poet, Creative
Lexi Bruner
Lexi Bruner is an author and poet who leverages her storytelling to amplify her mission to disrupt power structures, advocate for social justice, and amplify diverse stories. As someone who was born and raised in Austin, TX, the local dynamics and cultural institutions have colored her approach to art and storytelling—her poetry and prose are heavily influenced by her identity as a queer, Black, and Latinx woman in these spaces.
When she’s not exploring themes of identity, culture, power, and healing in her intersectional writing, you can find Lexi “hiking” around town, knitting, baking, binding books, reading, or rewatching a comfort anime that has a 90% chance of making her cry.
The Year I Was Everything is out now!
The Year I Was Everything was a powerful, poetic read! Through magical realism, or the incorporating of physical or symbolic magic in a real world or cultural setting, and the perfect execution of elemental allegories and metaphors, Lexi Bruner discusses the joys and struggles that come with what defines her as both a woman and a poet…. The poetry and messages behind them truly spoke to me and I highly recommend not missing out on this collection of poems!
— Alexis M.
My second collection of poetry and prose, The Year I Was Everything, follows me on my journey as I strive to understand the wonders of this world and what it means to be human within it.
Read the debut poetry collection, journey back to Me!
journey back to Me is a self published, courageous collection of poems about pain, healing and self love. Lexi's words hold so much passion and emotion that it spews magic out of the pages. This book breathes self empowerment and embraces sexuality, it ignites a fire inside you and leaves you gasping for more. It has helped me heal and turned my pain, into peace. It is truly a piece of art and I am so honored to have been able to read it.
— Amber O.
A collection of poetry and prose exploring themes of love, sex, relationships, identity, and self through five chapters, journey back to Me is a vulnerable and raw recounting of my journey to understand love and life.