Authors To Speak At Howard Community College’s 2nd Annual Bauder Lecture

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Author Gabriel Bump will deliver a keynote at Howard Community College’s Second Annual Bauder Lecture. Bump, author of "Everywhere You Don’t Belong," a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2020 and an Electric Lit Favorite Novel of 2020, will give his keynote in a hybrid format, both in person and streamed via Vimeo Sept. 22 at 12:30 p.m.

Bump's keynote will be followed by an in-depth conversation with Washington, D.C.-based writer Tyrese L. Coleman, a writer, wife, mother and attorney. Her debut collection of stories and essays, “How to Sit,” was published by Mason Jar Press in 2018 and nominated for a 2019 PEN Open Book Award.

“Everywhere You Don't Belong” was selected by the Howard County Book Connection committee as its choice for the 2022–2023 academic year. The Howard County Book Connection is a partnership of Howard Community College and the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society.

The Bauder Lecture by Howard Community College is made possible by a grant from Dr. Lillian Bauder, a community leader and Columbia resident. Howard Community College presents an annual endowed author lecture and the chosen book will be celebrated with two student awards. Known as the Don Bauder Awards, any Howard Community College student who has read the featured book is eligible to respond and reflect on the book in an essay or other creative format. The awards honor the memory of Don Bauder, late husband of Dr. Lillian Bauder, and a champion of civil rights and social justice causes.

The Bauder Lecture will take place in Howard Community College’s Smith Theatre at the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia.