Place and Pluralism: The “Georgia Harmonies” Traveling Exhibition
...Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street program), the exhibit focuses on the connections between musical cultures and place. Events and performances at each of the small towns at which the exhibit...
Opening Remarks: 2014 Callaloo Conference
...Callaloo Conference, our seventh annual gathering, which focuses on "Making Art: Writing, Authorship, and Critique," a subject that seldom, if ever, receives significant headliner attention at academic conferences today. For...
Scales of Slavery on the Mason-Dixon Line: A Review of Gleanings of Freedom
...The lines between the two statuses blurred but did not disappear, even as slavery in northern Maryland began to fade. Gleanings of Freedom reveals how wheat fields along the Pennsylvania...
The Bulletin—September 4, 2012
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. This week, in a belated celebration of Labor Day, The Bulletin focuses upon the role of organized labor in the 2012 Republican...
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The Bulletin—February 11, 2013
...identified "last-minute, multimillion-dollar . . . upgrades to the Dome’s electrical system, intended to bolster the stadium's reliability" as potential causes. As reported in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, electrical switchgear...
Demon Rum and Politics in Middle Florida: A Review of Southern Prohibition
...unstable" (103). View of a WCTU parade in Tallahassee, Florida. 18--. Courtesy of State Archives of Florida. Willis deftly weaves a colorful cast of characters and groups into the narrative:...
Open Access Week: The HathiTrust Ruling and Fair Use
...Americans with Disabilities Act, and enable non-expressive uses like comprehensive word searches, text mining, and data analysis. Baer's ruling represented a major victory for the HathiTrust, its affiliates, and fair...
Local Color
...what local color writing sought to preserve: the ideal of the individual as one whose narrative unfolds within a community culture that refuses to be absorbed, or trivialized, or forgotten. ...
California Creek, North Carolina
...effort to finish before deadline which would mean bonuses for the contractor, California Creek, NC, 2000. Photo courtesy of Rob Amberg. Inspector measuring depth of asphalt on I-26 shoulder, California...