WITS Houston Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
WITS Houston on X
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United Vidden
Fern BradyWITS HoustonThis #WritersWednesday say hi to Fern Brady. Fern holds many titles including founder and CEO of Inklings Publishing and municipal liaison of NaNoWriMo Houston. Her 2 published novels are titled United Vidden and New Beginning. Follow Fern's writing at: https://t.co/EhsOXJHEvf https://t.co/RXOruG6P7P
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Portrait of a Thief
Grace D. LiWITS HoustonCheck out former WITS student, @gracedli's upcoming novel, "Portrait of a Thief" https://loom.ly/aAoJVQY https://t.co/slInbisbsf
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightcrawling
Leila MottleyWITS HoustonLeila Mottley, the youngest Booker Prize finalist ever, comes to Houston to share her debut novel Nightcrawling. Published when she was just 19 years old, Nightcrawling is "a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope" (Oprah Winfrey) (1/2) https://t.co/65L2GjHIP7
Hardcover, 2022
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Why I Am Like Tequila
Lupe MendezWITS HoustonIt's Writer Wednesday! This week we are happy to feature Lupe Mendez. Lupe Mendez is the author of Why I Am Like Tequila (Willow Books, 2019), which won the 2019 John A. Robertson Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. An educator, curriculum writer and literary arts cur… https://t.co/F6XlXBWc8c
Paperback, 2019
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ekphrasticon
Ekaterina DukasWITS HoustonEkphrastic poetry Thursday: This piece is called "You Like My Rings?" by the artist @frogwhomp. Does it inspire you? In what way? Write a poem based on this image and send it to us to be featured in our story for the day! https://t.co/HdmG204ioG
Paperback, 2022
$12.50$6.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Anthology of Truths: An explicit exposition of today's Global, African and Nigerian situations...!
Augustine Oluebubechi KanuWITS HoustonIt's #WritersWednesday! @gentrycatherine is an instructor and freelance writer. She has been featured in Grown and Flown, Literary Mama, and The Princeton Alumni Weekly, the Houston Chronicle and the book, Women Under Scrutiny: An Anthology of Truths, edited by Nancy MacDonald. https://t.co/pZPsxLYg1H
Paperback, 2021
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Women Under Scrutiny: An Anthology of Truths, Essays, Poems, Stories and Art
Randy Susan MeyersWITS HoustonIt's #WritersWednesday! @gentrycatherine is an instructor and freelance writer. She has been featured in Grown and Flown, Literary Mama, and The Princeton Alumni Weekly, the Houston Chronicle and the book, Women Under Scrutiny: An Anthology of Truths, edited by Nancy MacDonald. https://t.co/pZPsxLYg1H
Paperback, 2019
$11.25$5.63 + Free shipping50% off your first book
This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession
Cameron Dezen HammonWITS Houston💐 WITS Writer @cameron_dezen_hammon is joining @riceuniversity as a Creative Nonfiction lecturer! We are so excited for you, congratulations! 🥳 Cameron Dezen Hammon is the author of This Is My Body: A Memoir of Religious and Romantic Obsession (Lookout Books), the Nonficti… https://t.co/n3ZYhRoct7
Paperback, 2019
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book