Tannur "Shewrightz" Ali

Tannur “Shewrightz” Ali is originally from Philadelphia, PA. She began writing poetry at twelve years old, and began performing at 13, during Panoramic Poetry at the October Art Gallery in Philadelphia. At the age of fourteen, she self-published a chapbook entitled Rhymin with Reason and over the course of the next two years sold over two thousand copies. Since moving to Georgia in 2008, Tannur has focused her creative energy on raising her three children and attending classes at Albany State University, working towards a degree in Business Information Systems. Winner of the Judith Stark Creative Writing Award, Host/Facilitator of Unplugged (Poetry Reading and Spoken Word venue),and member of The D’town Arts Coalition, Tannur remains active in the art, and always working to secure a place for the arts in her community.

Participation on Humanity Rising

See Also

Jean Houston