During the 1990s, I taught Composition and Intro to Literature at Temple University in Philadelphia, where I was a graduate student in the English department. In essence, Mathis offers an intimate fictional look at the Great Migration, when African-Americans left Southern states by the millions to settle in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities. (Arnold still works for WITS but stopped teaching at M.D. Anderson last fall.) The title of her essay comes from a poem written by a "tiny, African-American boy from Houston" who died at age 9. [...] the job gave as much as it took: ? the reason I have worked so long with children fighting cancer is that they have drawn me in, they have invited me, they have accepted me into their fierce and fragile worlds. New in paperback is "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," Ben Fountain's gutsy book about a squad of war heroes on a media tour to drum up support for the Iraq War. Film rights for "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" have already been optioned by the Ink Factory, with Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy ("Slumdog Millionaire," "127 Hours," "The Full Monty") tapped to bring the story from the page to the screen. Author and professional psychic Victoria Laurie celebrates the release of her latest Ghost Hunter mystery, "What a Ghoul Wants," with a signing, discussion and intuitive readings for the crowd, 4 p.m. Saturday at Murder By The Book, 2342 Bissonnet.
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