Levi Frazier Jr.

Levi Frazier Jr. is an actor, published poet, short story writer, highly produced playwright and associate professor at Southwest Tennessee Community College.

His play, “A Tribute to Richard Wright,” was produced by invitation at an international festival in Paris in 1992 and his “Beale Street Back Again” was commissioned by the state of Tennessee for its 1996 Bicentennial. He and his wife, Deborah, are also co-founders of Blues City Cultural Center in Memphis.  His short stories have appeared in several anthologies including “Homewords: A Book of Tennessee Writers,” which also included the works of Nikki Giovanni, Alex Haley and Shelby Foote. In 2004 his book, “151 Things That Happen or Don’t Happen When You Turn 50,” was published by Goal Mine Press. His first children’s book, “Tickle the Rain,” was published in 2014 and has successfully toured Shelby County elementary schools as a play for five years. His second children’s book, “The Spools Move,” is scheduled for summer of 2017. Some of his awards include: 2013 Germantown Arts Alliance Literary Award; Southern Writers Project Fellow (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) and 1st Place, Chattanooga Theater Center’s Play Writing Contest for his play, “When It Rains.” 

Deborah and Levi Frazier are the proud parents of Ayana, Levi III and Matthew as well as the proud grandparents of Leah, Michaela and Moriah.