“Book Descriptions: Lexi Bruner's second collection of poetry and prose, The Year I Was Everything , follows the author on her journey as she strives to understand the wonders of this world and what it means to be human within it. The collection explores the unbearable weight of being an artist, as well as what it means to be lost, and ultimately found. Inspired by the elements and the ways nature manifests in humans themselves, The Year I Was Everything brings readers along on an exploration of Water, Earth, Fire, and Air, before finally arriving at Human .” DRIVE