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Houston Matters

Author Chris Wise: Everyone Lives A Life Worth Writing About

Abner Fletcher

Posted on June 7, 2018 · The local writer tells Houston Matters producer Michael Hagerty about his latest book, Colliding With Orion: Writing from Life, and how he hopes to convince people that their stories are worth telling.

Tags book Chris Wise Colliding With Orion: Writing from Life Michael Hagerty novelist poet writer writing

Literature

Banned Books Week: Chitra Divakaruni, Altruistic Author

Dacia Clay

Posted on September 30, 2016 · How book banning and intellectual freedom look outside of the United States.

Tags Banned Books Week Chitra Divakaruni novelist Pratham UH Creative Writing Program

Texas Originals

Novelist Edna Ferber

Humanities Texas

Posted on March 8, 2016 · A novelist who penned many award winning books with western themes.  One of those novels was turned into the 1952 big screen classic, Giant.

Tags Giant novelist women's history writer

Texas Originals

Texas Originals: Novelist Dorothy Scarborough

Humanities Texas

Posted on February 27, 2016 · A controversial novel with an anonymous author marks the beginning of a diverse career as a novelist, folklorist and catcher of songs.

Tags Dorothy Scarborough folklorist novelist The Wind writer

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