Thank you for participating in A Poem A Day with Writers in the Schools (WITS). We hope that you have enjoyed reading these poems by WITS students during April, National Poetry Month. If you enjoyed this project, here are some options for staying in the WITS “loop” throughout the year: Thank you for participating in [...]
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Former WITS writer, Marc McKee, will have a collection of poems titled, Fuse, published in May 2011 by Black Lawrence Press. Marc is no stranger to publication, however; his chapbook What Apocapypse, won the 2008 New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Competition. His work has also appeared in Boston Review, Conduit, Crazyhorse, Forklift Ohio, The Journal, LIT, [...]
Jason Koo was a writer for WITS for several years beginning in 2000; he was a Senior Writer his last two years. He was recently awarded a 2009 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and he also won the De Novo Prize for his collection, Man on Extremely Small Island which was [...]
Former WITS writer Stacy Parker Aab has published a new book entitled, Government Girl. Stacy has had quite a career thus far with various government titles and stints across the globe. She also has worked with Writers in the Schools programs both in Houston and Detroit. The five years she spent in the White House [...]
Robin Davidson is a busy person. Not only is she a full time professor of English at University of Houston Downtown, she’s also the president of the board of directors at Writers in the Schools. And if that wasn’t enough, she just had her first book published by Northwestern University Press. The book, The New [...]
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On Tuesday October 27, 2009, Houston will see the premiere of what has become known as “The Jemma Songs.” The performance will include seven poems written by WITS student, Jemma Leech, and beautifully set to music by Houston composer, Mary Carol Warwick. The performance will take place at 7.30pm on Tuesday evening at the First [...]
The WITS Writer Orientation for the 2009-2010 school year took place on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29. The two day program was designed to prepare first-time and returning WITS writers for the rigors and rewards of teaching with WITS. This year we welcomed 25 new WITS writers in addition to the roster of [...]
WITS had the great pleasure of working with Miriam Sitz this summer. She was the recipient of an internship with WITS through the ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program. ExxonMobil began this project as a way to provide real world experience to college students in a variety of fields. The ExxonMobil Community Summer Jobs Program is [...]
Amy Williams has been working with WITS for five years. We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with her again this year at the Summer Creative Writing Workshops. This summer Amy is returning as the site supervisor for our central campus at Annunciation Orthodox School, where she teaches fourth grade during the school [...]
Students attending the Summer Creative Writing Workshops recently visited The Menil Collection for inspiration. The Houston Chronicle decided to come along and bear witness to the creative process in action. Photographer, R. Clayton McKee, caught some tremendous shots of students and their teachers as they discussed and contemplated famous works of art. Click here to [...]
This evening in The Menil Collection (1515 Sul Ross, 77006), Writers in the Schools (WITS) and The Menil Collection will debut new work from their most recent collaboration in a poetry reading titled, Ekphrasis: Poems about Paintings. The reading is the culmination of a project that used five specific works of art as a springboard [...]
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM in The Menil Collection Foyer, Writers in the Schools (WITS) and The Menil Collection will debut new work from their most recent collaboration in a poetry reading titled, Ekphrasis: Poems about Paintings. The reading is the culmination of a project that used five specific works of art as [...]
Tria Wood has worked with WITS as a writer for five years. She is a gifted writer and educator, who combines writing, art, music, and science to make the creative process exciting to students. Tria is currently completing a young adult novel, in addition to writing reviews of local art events. This is what she [...]
A Poem A Day from WITS As this year’s celebration of National Poetry Month comes to a close, WITS would like to thank all the local businesses who helped spread the word about WITS through our campaign, A Poem A Day. WITS conducts this campaign in an effort to spark a life long [...]
The Menil Arts Community Open House will be held at The Menil Park Saturday, April 25, 2009. This event will showcase the many arts and non-pofit organizations that are located around the Menil Collection. These organizations include Inprint, Da Camera, Aurora Picture Show, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA), and Southwest Alternate Media [...]
