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Kathya Alexander is an author, playwright, storyteller, and teaching artist. Growing up in Arkansas in the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement greatly impacted her life and continues to influence her writing. She has been a Writer-in-Residence and invited playwright at the prestigious Hedgebrook Writers Retreat, and won both the Fringe First Award (2002) and the Binge Fringe Black Performance Award (2025) for her play, Black to My Roots: African American Tales from the Head and the Heart, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her playwriting credits include The Negro Passion Play; Black D*ck Matters; David & Jonathan: A Modern Day Retelling of the Biblical Story; and emotionalblackmale. She has released a collection of short stories, Angel In The Outhouse, and her debut novel Keep A'Livin' was published by Aunt Lute Books and is available wherever books are sold. The audio version of Keep A'Livin' will be released later this year, produced with the generous support of the Jack Straw Writers Support Program and 4Culture. |
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