Join us in congratulating these past and present WITS writers and students: Chuck Carlise’s new chapbook A Broken Escalator Still Isn’t Stairs is now available on Amazon. WITS student Jasmine Davis, who works with WITS writer Melanie Malinowski, won Honorable Mention for her essay “My Life with Clorox” for the Kidney Times Essay Contest. [...]
By Marcia
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In past posts, WITS introduced Jemma Leech, a student from our Summer Creative Writing Workshops. We’ve been following Jemma’s journey through writing over the last five years and are constantly amazed by her ability to see the extraordinary in everyday things. Her award-winning essays and poems garnered national attention when ABC World News named her [...]
Writers in the Schools (WITS) co-founder Phillip Lopate will be in Houston for the Cinema Arts Festival held November 10 – 14, 2010 at various locations. On November 13th, the renowned essayist will present the documentary Chekhov for Children with director Sasha Waters Freyer, following the lives of the children Lopate staged and directed in [...]
This week Writers in the Schools (WITS) says a sad good-bye to Christeen Windon, Director of Finance. Christeen has been with WITS for ten years, managing all aspects of finance/ accounting, operations, and human resources. With a strong analytical background and talent for managing any project that comes her way, she has played a vital [...]
ACCOLADES OF WITS STAFF, WRITERS & FRIENDS Mignette Patrick Dorsey recently kicked off her book-signing tour for Speak Truth to Power: The Story of Charles Patrick, A Civil Rights Pioneer. The story is based on Dorsey’s father, Charles Patrick, a civil rights leader from Alabama whose case against a white police officer propelled his fight [...]
WITS Writer Mignette Dorsey will discuss and sign her newly released book, Speak Truth to Power: The Story of Charles Patrick, A Civil Rights Pioneer, this Saturday, September 18, 3 PM at The African American Library at the Gregory School, 1300 Victor Street. The story is based on Dorsey’s father, Charles Patrick, a civil rights [...]
I have had nearly 9,000 lunches in my lifetime. Some have been out of a paper bag or a Star Wars lunch box. Some have been at fancy restaurants that serve food that I can’t pronounce. I’ve had a hamburger in a revolving restaurant, and I had a chicken basket once in an underground cavern. [...]
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, [...]
From the Houston Public Library’s press release: Enjoy a fun afternoon with award-winning author Chitra Divakaruni, best known for her novel “Mistress of Spices,” which was also made into a movie. Divakaruni will be discussing her latest novel, “One Amazing Thing,” at the Houston Public Library’s Central Library on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 2 [...]
The Cleveland State University Poetry Center recently announced the publication of Horse DanceUnderwater, the first full-length collection of poems by former WITS writer Helena Mesa. Mesa’s poetic quest for a “sacred grove” takes the reader into a “deep aura of solitude,” praises reviewer Edward Hirsch. “Artfully suspended between lyric and narrative, the quickness of her language [...]
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 [...]
Poet Martha Serpas, former WITS writer and a faculty member of the prestigious University of Houston Creative Writing Program, will be reading from her work on Saturday at noon on the Menil Bookstore Deck. This event is organized by Inprint, Inc. Martha is the author of two collections of poetry, Côte Blanche (New Issues) and [...]
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 [...]
Former WITS writer Jericho Brown’s book, Please, was recently given the 2009 American Book Award. Since its release by New Issues, the book has been critically acclaimed and is now in its third printing. He is currently at Cambridge on a Bunting Fellowship. Jericho was also named a great “debut poet” of 2008 by Poets [...]
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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