Home » Education Programs » Bauder Writer-In-Residence

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 2022-2023 Bauder Writer-In-Residence: Regie Cabico

Regie Cabico, a spoken word pioneer, has won The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam and top prizes in three National Poetry Slams. Television credits include 2 seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, NPR’s Snap Judgment & MTV’s Free Your Mind. Cabico received the 2006 Writers for Writers Award from Poets & Writers for work that included teaching at-risk youth at Bellevue Hospital. As a theater artist, Cabico’s awards include three New York Innovative Theater Award Nominations for Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind with a win for Best Performance Art Production. The Kenyon Review named Regie Cabico the “Lady Gaga of Poetry”. The title of a soon to be released collection is I Don’t Understand published by Day Eight.

List of Writers In Residence by Year

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.