Recent Posts Tagged With books

• It’s a Guy Thing Too: Books and Boys

  Posted on Friday January 22nd, 2010 at 06:29 am in education, books, poetry, parenting, houston, essay, writers in the schools, hisd, amy cole barile, books and boys, travis elementary school

  Studies regularly indicate that girls score higher in reading and writing than boys by a statistically significant amount. Travis Elementary School in the Heights is working hard to change that. The PTA pays for Writers in the Schools (WITS) to help...

• Where Are We Now: Stacy Parker Aab

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 05:30 am in books, writer, event, essay, self-portrait, writers in the schools, where are we now, government girl, stacy parker aab

  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 bot...

• Twombly and Rilke

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 08:37 am in art, books, poetry, event, houston, writers in the schools, rainer maria rilke, cy twombly, the menil collection, ed snow

  Lecture and Reading: Josef Helfenstein and Edward Snow Cy Twombly/Painting Poems Tuesday, December 8, 2009 7 pm In a literary program accompanying the rare showing of Cy Twombly’s Treatise on the Veil (Second Version), Menil Director ...

• Where Are We Now: Jericho Brown

  Posted on Wednesday December 2nd, 2009 at 09:25 am in books, poetry, writer, publishing, houston, writers in the schools, where are we now

  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 Bu...

• WITS Board President Publishes New Book

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 05:30 am in education, books, poetry, publishing, writers in the schools, polish poetry, poetry collection, the new century, where are we now, ewa elzbieta nowakowska, ewa lipska, northwestern university press

  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...

• Publishing Op: A Whale of a Book

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 06:54 am in books, poetry, animal, contest, publishing, Nature, whales, save the whales, writers in the schools, whale poem

  Save the Whales is publishing a book of whale poems by kids. The deadline for submitting your poem is December 31, 2009. Children 13 or younger are eligible to enter, and the best work will be published in an anthology. For complete guidelines and in...

• Houston Celebrates Zora Neale Hurston with Books on the Bayou

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 06:37 am in books, writer, inspiration, fiction, houston, writers in the schools, zora neale hurston, their eyes were watching god, houston public library, books on the bayou, valerie boyd

  Each year the Houston Public Library designates a book for the community to read and discuss through Books on the Bayou.  This October the selected book is Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God. HPL is offering discussion groups a...

• Kate DiCamillo in Houston 10/18/09

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 05:40 am in education, books, animal, fiction, event, student, houston, writers in the schools

  Straight from the Inprint press release: The Cool Brains! Inprint Readings for Young People presents award-winning children’s writer Kate DiCamillo on Sunday, October 18,  2009, at Pershing Middle School’s auditorium (3838 Blue Bonnet at Stella ...

• Love Books? Write One!

  Posted on Tuesday October 13th, 2009 at 08:25 am in books, contest, fiction, student, nanowrimo, writers in the schools, student writing contest, young writers program

  NaNoWriMo for Young Writers Starts Nov. 1st! You may have heard about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), an annual November marathon of text production undertaken by thousands of sleep-deprived adults across the globe? Well, there’s a k...

• Mao’s Last Dancer Rocks Australia: Biggest Opening in 2009

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 06:42 am in books, writer, event, houston, writers in the schools, li cunxin, mao's last dancer, wits 25th anniversary, wits event

  Mao’s Last Dancer, the movie based on Li Cunxin’s best selling autobiography, hit theaters in Australia this past weekend and set the record for biggest film opening of the year. Li is the guest speaker of the WITS 25th Anniversary Celebr...

• Children’s Book Sale Starts September 25

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 05:56 am in books, event, houston, writers in the schools, houston public library

  This weekend the Friends of the Houston Public Library will hold their Ninth Annual Children’s Book Sale.  Families and teachers are invited to have fun finding great children’s books. The sale will feature more than 11,000 books for age...

• Where Are We Now: Ben Moser at Brazos 9/14/09

  Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 10:49 pm in books, event, publishing, houston, writers in the schools, wits alliance, clarice lispector, brazos bookstore, where are we now, benjamin moser, why this world

  Former WITS student Benjamin Moser will read from his widely acclaimed new biography of Clarice Lispector at Brazos Bookstore Monday, September 14, at 7 pm.  Get a copy of Why This World, get it signed by the author, and celebrate his birthday–...

• NANO Reading Series Inaugural Reading Sept. 8

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 01:19 pm in books, poetry, writer, fiction, event, houston, spoken word, writers in the schools, nano fiction, hayan charara, kaboom books, nano reading series

  Houston literary journal NANO Fiction and local bookstore Kaboom Books are excited to announce the Nano Reading Series at Kaboom Books. This monthly reading series seeks to bridge the academic and urban worlds of the Houston writing scene. Writers ar...

• Where Are We Now: Laura Long and Yvonne Murphy

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 02:34 pm in books, poetry, writers in the schools, where are we now, laura long, laura longsong, wits training, yvonne murphy

  The WITS Writer Orientation for the 2009-2010 school year begins on Friday, August 28.  The two day program is designed to prepare first-time and returning WITS writers for the rigors and rewards of teaching with WITS.  This year WITS is excited to...

• WITS Recommends….

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 06:37 am in books, writers in the schools, books about writing, books for teachers, books for creative kids

  Visit the WITS amazon.com online bookstore to see books recommended by WITS for teachers, parents, and students. We also have a section of our store dedicated to former WITS writers’ books.  By shoping at the WITS amazon.com store, a portion o...

• You Are Beautiful Too: Katherine Center Reads on Thursday

  Posted on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 02:53 pm in books, writer, fiction, event, houston, writers in the schools, where are we now

  Thursday evening the Houston Public Library presents “An Evening with Katherine Center” at the Central Branch (500 McKinney). Katherine will read from and discuss her wonderful second novel, “Everyone is Beautiful.” Katherine ...

• Safe + Super Sites for Kids

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 10:32 pm in books, parenting, student, writers in the schools

  All My Faves has added a Kids section to their “best of the web” site. There’s even a section on book sites such as Dr. Seuss and the Magic School Bus.  Let us know how you like their list. Any favorites that you care to recommend?...

• Katherine Center and Emily Fox Gordon Read Tonight at Discovery Green

  Posted on Wednesday April 8th, 2009 at 10:11 am in books, humor, writer, fiction, event, houston, spoken word, katherine center, emily fox gordon

  Inprint Readings on the Green presents former WITS writer Katherine Center and Houston writer Emily Fox Gordon, who will both read from their latest work tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Discovery Green Park. Audience members are invited to a reception with t...

• Where Are We Now: Wayne Miller

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 04:30 pm in books, poetry, writer, publishing, writers in the schools, where are we now

  Former WITS Writer Wayne Miller’s second poetry collection, The Book of Props, has been published by Milkweed Editions.  In a recent review of this book, Publishers Weekly says in a starred review: “Transformations–from the everyda...

• Sanda Cisneros to Read in Houston 4/1/09

  Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 05:00 am in books, Spanish, writer, fiction, event, houston, writers in the schools, sandra cisneros, house on mango street

  This Wednesday, April 1, Sandra Cisneros will be reading from The House on Mango Street, which (like WITS) celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The reading will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Shell Auditorium, located in McNair Hall at Rice University, ...

• Poets Ed Hirsch and Charles Simic 3/30/09

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 05:20 am in books, writer, fiction, event, houston, spoken word, edward hirsch. charles simic, houston reading event

  The 2008/2009 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series, in association with the Jewish Community Center, presents poets Edward Hirsch and Charles Simic bringing the page to the stage. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 30 at t...