Hi, I’m Tyra!
I’m an Atlanta-based arts & entertainment journalist, editor, and educator. I hold a Master’s in Professional Writing and a Bachelor’s in English Education from Kennesaw State University. Along with freelance writing, I’m a published poet and a former editorial director and poetry editor for several literary arts magazines.
Latest Digital Bylines
Latest Digital Bylines
new articles coming soon…
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interview with an Atlanta-based golfing company owner
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interview with a first generation Black-owned brewery owner
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interview with an assistant general manager of the WNBA
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interview with an artistic director of a local theater
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interview with an arts journalist & an actor about a new film club
Music
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Asian diasporic artists are finding their voices in R&B - JoySauce
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Cautious Clay turns time into sound on new LP 'The Hours: Night' [Interview] - EARMILK
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Kirby's ‘Miss Black America’ is a love letter to the South and a reckoning with it's history [Album Review] - EARMILK
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The Paradox turn up the volume on pop-punk with new single 'Do It Again' - EARMILK
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Alemeda and Doechii Turn Up the Chaos on Pop-Punk Banger “Beat A B!tch Up” [Music Video] - EARMILK
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Gabriel Jacoby keeps the groove alive with funk-infused new single “the one” [Music Video] - EARMILK
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How Atlanta and Japan influence each other’s hip-hop scenes - Atlanta Magazine
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DJ Chika Takai brings Japanese hip-hop to the NBA - JoySauce
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Doechii Is Who Hip-Hop Has Been Waiting For - Her Agenda
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NoCap and why success in Atlanta is hip-hop’s gold standard - ArtsATL
Arts & Entertainment
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BioLab Fires, Corporate Greed, and Environmental Injustice in Georgia - Scalawag
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Inside MODA’s New Exhibit THE HOODIE: Identity, Power, Protest with Dr. Regina Bradley - The Headlight Review
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In the Studio with Tim Short - Burnaway
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Oakland Cemetery’s annual Día de los Muertos festival honors life, death and cultural connection — ArtsATL
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Afrikan Djeli Cultural Institute and Afriky Lolo bring West African dance and culture to Atlanta — ArtsATL
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How ‘Sinners’ Honors 1930s Black Southern Style Through Costume - Her Agenda
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Georgia author Sara Omer debuts Turkic-inspired fantasy novel ‘The Gryphon King’ - ArtsATL
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Get Up and Dance Studio is the third space Atlanta’s dance community needs - ArtsATL
Latest Print Bylines
Latest Print Bylines
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CBS Journalist Continues an Atlanta Legacy - Atlanta Magazine
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Fit for a King: Meet the Ranger who brings Dr. King's legacy to life - Southbound Magazine
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Heart of Steel : Evans Tool & Die builds on a legacy of Southern Craftsmanship - GaBiz Magazine
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A Love Letter to Oakland Cemetery - Atlanta Magazine
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Welcome to The Tenth, Atlanta’s new salon-style social club - Atlanta Magazine
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Costume Designer Sandy Powell at SCAD FASH - Atlanta Magazine
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Remembering growing up in Jekyll Island's first Black-owned home - 31-81 Magazine
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ATL, Meet TYO | Japanese hip-hop finds inspiration in the capital of the South - Atlanta Magazine
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Weyman Hunt is leading sixth-generation Godfrey's Feed into the Future - GaBiz
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Best of Atlanta 2025 package - Atlanta Magazine (6 features)
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Women Making a Mark - Denise Starling - Atlanta Magazine
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Women Making a Mark - Terri Block - Atlanta Magazine
TV & Film Reviews
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Post-Pandemic Adrenaline Junkies Take a Backseat to Romance in ‘We Live in Time’ - Odd Critic
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How ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ mistakes aesthetics for depth - JoySauce
