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Bauder Writer-In-Residence

HoCoPoLitSo works with the Howard County Public Schools System to provide a writer-in-residence for high schools. The Bauder Writer-In-Residence visits each of the county’s high schools over the course of the school year to work with students in writing workshops.

HoCoPoLitSo is pleased to announce that its long-standing Bauder Writer-in-Residence and school programs are now significantly supported by a generous endowment from Dr. Lillian Bauder, community leader and resident of Columbia known for investing in educational access and advancement. Since the 1960’s, Lillian and her late husband Don have been engaged in civil rights and social justice efforts, and have supported the arts.

Meet the 2023 – 2024 Bauder Writer-In-Residence: Hayes Davis

Hayes Davis has taught English in Washington, D.C. area independent schools for 24 years, and currently teaches at Sandy Spring Friends School where he serves primarily as Assistant Director of Institutional Equity, Justice, and Belonging. Even before taking this role, Hayes enjoyed teaching texts through a social justice lens and has enjoyed helping students engage in activism. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Maryland where he won an Academy of American Poets Prize; he is a member of Cave Canem’s first cohort of fellows, a former Bread Loaf working scholar, and a former Geraldine Miles Poet-Scholar at the Community of Writers.

His first collected volume of poetry, Let Our Eyes Linger, was published by Poetry Mutual Press in 2016, and his work has appeared in many journals and anthologies. He is the winner of a 2022 Maryland State Arts Council Independent Artists Award, and has appeared on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU, and at the Hay Festival Kells in Kells, Ireland. He lives in Silver Spring, MD with his wife, poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis, and their two children.

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List of Writers In Residence by Year

2022-2023 — Regie Cabico – poet
2021-2022 — Naomi Ayala – poet
2020-2021 — Steven Leyva – poet, anime enthusiast
2019-2020 — Teri Ellen Cross Davis – poet
2018-2019 — Alan King – poet
2017-2018 — Joelle Biele – poet
2016-2017 — Daniel Johnston – playwright
2015-2016 — Laura Shovan – poet
2014-2015 — Joseph Ross – poet
2013-2014 — Jenny O’Grady – poet, artist
2012-2013 — Derrick Weston Brown – poet
2011-2012 — Sandra Beasley – poet
2010-2011 — Marion Winik – essayist, novelist, professor
2009-2010 — Terence Patrick Winch – poet, musician
2008-2009 — Elizabeth (Liz) Reese – poet
2007-2008 — Truth Thomas – poet, musician
2006-2007 — Gayle Danley- slam poet
2005-2006 — Kendra Kopelke – poet, professor
2004-2005 — Dr. Michael S. Glaser – poet, editor, professor
2003-2004 — Jean Nordhaus – poet
2002-2003 — Grace Cavalieri – poet, editor, radio host
2001-2002 — Reuben Jackson – poet, curator
2000-2001 — Lybumir Nikolov- poet, journalist
1999-2000 — Edgar Gabriel Silex -poet
1998-1999 — Barbara Goldberg –poet, writer
1997-1998 — Michael Collier – poet, professor
1996-1997 — E. Ethelbert Miller – poet, editor, director
1993-1994 — Li Young Li – poet
1992-1993 — Michael Dirda – editor
Earlier — Lucille Clifton, Roland Flint

HoCoPoLitSo partners with the Howard County Public School System to provide a writer-in-residence visit at each of the twelve county public high schools and Homewood Center. School programs are underwritten by a generous donation from Dr. Lillian Bauder.

To learn more or schedule a visit contact HoCoPoLitSo’s High School Liaison Judy Young at Judy_Young@hcpss.org or contact HoCoPoLitSo at HoCoPoLitSo.74@gmail.com or call 443.518.4568.