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Poet visits campus, sheds insight on paintings
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.S. Merwin was welcomed to campus for a philosophy reading Monday at the Honors College Commons upstairs in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library. The event attracted of crowd of business suits as...
Student editors gather for final reading of graduate journal
Members of Houston’s writing community — young adults, UH creative writing students and professors — all gathered together Friday at Brazos Bookstore for the final installment of the “Gulf Coast Reading Series.” The event was...
Journal hosts final reading of semester
The “Gulf Coast” Reading Series will conclude its final reading from the students in UH’s nationally acclaimed creative writing graduate program at 7 p.m. Friday at Brazos Bookstore. “Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and...
Professor visits UH, showcases work
Elizabeth McCracken, former librarian and current creative writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin, gave a reading of her works at the Honors College Commons on Tuesday followed by a reception. McCracken is...
Charismatic authors open up with books
Award-winning and bestselling authors Tea Obreht and Gary Shteyngart read from their latest novels Monday at the Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater as part of the 2011/2012 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series. Obreht read first,...
Authors exposed to new audiences
For over a year now, the University of Houston has collaborated with Rice University as part of their Visiting Writers Series to showcase major American and international authors at various locations in between the...
Publication showcases art and more
The folks at The Aletheia, the most recent addition to the list of UH literary journals, have been hard at work for the upcoming release of their second chapbook, which will be issued today...
Philanthropic entrepreneur to release first book about his success
After founding a successful line of canvas shoes and sunglasses, the man behind TOMS has found another way to give back — but this time, it’s bound to a spine and not a sole. Blake...
Poetry month is not ‘pointless’
In honor of poetry month I have decided to take the time to review a book on poetry out this April. Now, I know what many of you may be thinking, “Wow, it’s poetry...
Debut novel doesn’t measure up
Tea Obreht’s book, “The Tiger’s Wife,” recently made its way to bookstore shelves with surprising fanfare for a novel written by a 25-year-old author without any other titles to her name. Obreht was lauded by...
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