Staff

Program Director — Nicholas Trappler

Advisors

Managing Director Emeritus — Pamela Simonson
High School Liaison —  Judy R. Young
The Writing Life Executive Producer — Susan Thornton Hobby

Advisory Group

For many long and lucky years, HoCoPoLitSo treasured Lucille Clifton’s service as our artistic advisor. In 2018, we established an Advisory Group of distinguished writers and noted guests to provide programming advice, to help us seek out quality writers from around the world, and to help us reach more diverse audiences.

Members:

• Sandra Beasley
• Derrick Weston Brown
• Carrie Brown
• John Gregory Brown
• E. Ethelbert Miller
• Joseph Ross
• Laura Shovan
• Edgar Gabriel Silex
• Truth Thomas