He was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and currently reside in the Athens, Georgia area. Alx is the recipient of the 2013 Pavement Saw Press Chapbook Prize for “Robot Cosmetics,” and his poems have appeared in Stray Dog Almanac, Chaffin Journal, The Oklahoma Review, Red River Review, Kota Press, Scrivener’s Pen, and Bellemeade Books, and were featured in the No Small Measure Georgia Broadsides project. Alx is the managing director of Athens Word of Mouth, a popular monthly reading series bringing together nationally known and local writers.