Word of Mouth Cincinnati, a literary event consisting of both an open mic and a feature performance, finishes its inaugural year on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 7:00 pm in MOTR Pub’s Sword Room. This month’s feature performer, Alx Johns, hails from Athens, Georgia. 

Alx Johns is an Associate Professor of English at the University of North Georgia, where he teaches creative writing and American literature. He was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and currently resides in the Athens, Georgia area. He has both an M.A. in English and a Ph.D. in Language and Literacy from the University of Georgia. 

Alx was the recipient of the 2013 Pavement Saw Press Chapbook Prize for Robot Cosmetics, while his poems have appeared in Stray Dog Almanac, Chaffin Journal, The Oklahoma Review, Red River Review, Kota Press, Penwood Review, Scrivener's Pen, Bellemeade Books, and were featured in the One Small Measure Georgia Broadsides project. 

Alx is also the managing director of Athens Word of Mouth.

Word of Mouth Cincinnati (WoMC) runs the third Tuesday of each month and is co-hosted by fellow writers Jim Palmarini and Mark Flanigan. It was founded in memory of the late Aralee Strange who, after many years living, writing and producing work in the Cincinnati area, moved to Athens, Georgia where she co-founded Athens Word of Mouth, a popular reading series there. WoMC, according to its website, is “an intentional arc of both past and future utterance, inspired by our most revered voice, with a nod to her Athens, GA compatriots. Word of Mouth asks poets to Show Up, Mouth Off and Pay Attention.” 

Admission to Word of Mouth Cincinnati is free.