Hannah Sawyerr
Visiting Assistant Professor of English | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Education (2)
The New School: MFA, Creative Writing 2022
Morgan State University: B.A., English 2018
Accomplishments (5)
Adele V. Holden "New Voices" Award Recipient
2016
Youth Poet Laureate of Baltimore City
2016
NAACPAfro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) Competition 1st place New Jersey State Level
2014
The Dr. Ruthe T. Sheffey (’47) Endowed Scholarship
2015 - 2018
NAACPAfro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) Competition 3rd place National Level
2014
Affiliations (3)
- Co-Founder and President of Morgan State University’s “MSU Poets”
- Editor of “The Sable Quill”, Morgan State University’s Literary Magazine
- Title IX Office, Volunteer
Media Appearances (2)
A Self-Revolution of Love
Atticus Review online
2019-03-11
It’s common to hear that one should never judge a book based on its cover, but in the case of Hannah V. Sawyerr’s poetry collection, For Girls Growing Into Their Hips (Penmanship Books, 2017), it struck me right in the gut—the ideas of growing into your own body, developing physical features that don’t match child brains, dealing with a different type of attention from others, and the vulnerabilities that follow. We form endless questions: what is my true self? What is the impact of other peoples’ selves on my own? How can I separate what is really me and what is a result of these things I have endured? And so on.
Best Up-and-Coming Poet: Hannah Sawyerr
The Baltimore Sun online
2016-09-13
Morgan State University junior Hannah Sawyerr must have learned early the old poetic trick of luring in listeners before springing the trap of poetry that leaves a mark. The Baltimore Youth Poet Laureate became the first woman to take on the position this winter at a competition in which she delivered a poem that begins as an ode to a Sunday dress before making a hard turn toward contemplations on faith and sexual assault. Sawyerr is now making the most of her year in the role, both as an artist and an advocate; not only has she performed as a featured reader for countless events, but she has used this newfound platform to speak about issues that matter to girls and women of color.
Event Appearances (4)
Speaker
SARU’s Night Out John Hopkins,
2018-12-04
Speaker
SGA and SARU Annual Sex Week John Hopkins
2018-05-04
Speaker
We Movement WE Day
2018-04-11
Perfomance
“Hannah - Do You Hear Us? - Extended.” National Education Association (NEA)
2017-01-25
