Alex Tha Great

Alex Tha Great (Given Real Encouragement Amongst Turmoil) is a Black woman poet, playwright, and arts curator holding a Master’s degree in Cultural Studies. She is the Executive Director of the Right 2 Write Poetry Slam Festival, fourth-ranked Woman Poet in the World, a TEDx speaker, and community organizer known in her current home of Dallas and earlier roots of East Palo Alto, CA. Her poems have been published in The Cookout, Illya's Honey, The Voices Project, The Legendary, and Linden Avenue. She is the author of the poetry collections Black Souls Dance on Beat (2015) and Weeping in Public Spaces (2022) and the creator of solo shows including Passport to Womanhood, awarded Best One Woman Show by the Houston Fringe Festival, and Don't Let The Sun Beat You Home (2023). Alex served as Artist in Residence for Arts Mission Oak Cliff (2023) and the City of DeSoto (2025). Her most gracious job is being mother to a vivacious nine-year-old girl and is balanced by a self-care routine involving peanut M and Ms, prayer, and much needed naps. She lives by the motto, Whatever you do, let it be bold! Photo by Lenz Noire Media.