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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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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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Houston, Get Wired with Poetry 11/13/09
Former WITS Writer Radames Ortiz and Houston poets Lupe Mendez and Byron Jones have joined forces to bring Houston @Wired: A Multimedia Explosion of Poetry. @Wired is a revolutionary approach to exposing the literary masses to a new type of poetry r...
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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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Where Are We Now: Georgina (Niobe) Ngozi
Former WITS Special Project Coordinator Georgina (Niobe) Ngozi has been named the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Niobe was born and raised in Brooklyn and is excited to return to New York City in th...
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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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Farnoosh Moshiri Discusses Iran at the Crossroads
Former WITS Writer Farnoosh Moshiri will do a special presentation at Rice University on Thursday: Iran at the Crossroads A Reading With Iranian Novelist in Exile Farnoosh Moshiri sponsored by Asia Society Texas Center. From the Asia Society f...
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Where Are We Now: Kiki
There’s very little (if anything!) that Kiki Przewlocki can’t do. She devotes June of each year to the WITS summer camp and teaches full time at AOS during the school year. She’s a writer, visual artist, and performer. But wait, t...
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Where Are We Now: Amy Williams
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...
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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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Where Are We Now: Tria Wood
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, i...
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Where Are We Now: Alan Ainsworth
Alan Ainsworth was a WITS writer in the early 1990s. After he finished his PhD at the Univeristy of Houston, he began teaching at Houston Community College (HCC). He is the Chair of the English Department and HCC Central and has recently published ...
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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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The WITS Internship Experience: Inspire and Be Inspired
I always figured that the ideal summer internship would be challenging, educational, worthwhile, and relevant to my career goals. And truth be told, after spending countless hours in high school and college filing papers, organizing archives, editing...
