Percy Wyndham Lewis, the editor for BLAST’s two issue run, was born November 18, 1882 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. Described as an “English Cubist” painter and writer, Lewis founded the Vorticist movement in 1912 along with Ezra Pound. Lewis published BLAST to explain the aesthetic theory and showcase the achievements of the “Anglo-Saxon Genius” of the Vorticists. The short lived movement died out after World War I as Lewis became interested in the conservative politics of post –war Germany and Italy. He is remembered by T.S. Eliot as ''the most fascinating personality of our time...the most distinguished living novelist.'' (von der Ropp)

Compiled by Alex Entrekin and Alice Neumann (Class of '06, Davidson College)