Harry Bauld studied art history at Columbia University, where he was twice All-Ivy shortstop and broke Lou Gehrig's records. Unfortunately they were his academic records. As a freelance journalist his beats included sports, the arts, wine and food, and book reviews. His poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies and won the New Millennium Writings Award and the Milton Kessler Poetry Prize. Selected by Matthew Dickman for inclusion in Best New Poets 2012 (University of Virginia Press), he has taught English and coached baseball, boxing and basketball in New York and New England. He currently holds the Kulik Chair in English at Horace Mann School and spends summers in the Basque Country.
