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A Poem A Day is a blog presented by Writers in the Schools (WITS) that features exceptional stories, essays and poems by students.
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It’s a Guy Thing Too: Books and Boys
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...
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Where Are We Now: 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...
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Twombly and Rilke
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 ...
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Where Are We Now: Jericho Brown
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...
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WITS Board President Publishes New Book
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...
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Publishing Op: A Whale of a Book
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...
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Houston Celebrates Zora Neale Hurston with Books on the Bayou
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...
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Kate DiCamillo in Houston 10/18/09
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 ...
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Love Books? Write One!
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...
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Mao’s Last Dancer Rocks Australia: Biggest Opening in 2009
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...
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Children’s Book Sale Starts September 25
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...
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Where Are We Now: Ben Moser at Brazos 9/14/09
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–...
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NANO Reading Series Inaugural Reading Sept. 8
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...
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Where Are We Now: Laura Long and 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...
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WITS Recommends….
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...
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You Are Beautiful Too: Katherine Center Reads on Thursday
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 ...
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Safe + Super Sites for Kids
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?...
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Katherine Center and Emily Fox Gordon Read Tonight at Discovery Green
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...
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Where Are We Now: Wayne Miller
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...
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Sanda Cisneros to Read in Houston 4/1/09
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, ...
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Poets Ed Hirsch and Charles Simic 3/30/09
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...
