Words out Loud Poetry Reading and Brief Open Mic

Teri Ellen Cross Davis and Hayes Davis read from their poetry. Followed by a brief open mic. Includes a literary trivia quiz.

Teri Ellen Cross Davis is the author of a more perfect Union and Haint. Her fellowships and awards include The Journal/Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize, the Ohioana Book Award for Poetry, and a Maryland Individual Artist Award. She curates the O.B. Poetry Series at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C.

Hayes Davis is the author of Let Our Eyes Linger. He served as the 2023-24 Howard County (MD) Poetry and Literature Society Writer in Residence and won a Maryland State Arts Council Regional Independent Artists Award. His writing has appeared on the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day feature, the New England Review, Mom Egg Review, Poet Lore, and in several anthologies. He was a member of Cave Canem’s first cohort of fellows. An education administrator and English teacher, he lives in Silver Spring with his wife, poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis.

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