Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she fli
Editors Robinson, Schulz, Cotten, Hale, Williams, and Hightower present readers with a collection of academic essays and research papers devoted to the intersection of new media, culture, and society.
“Citizen City” explores the incredible potential of cross-sector partnerships among private developers, nonprofi ts and various levels of government to share a portion of the wealth created in real es
Texas, 1872When a stagecoach is robbed, two men are killed and young woman is kidnapped. Soon after, Yancy and Cooper Landon find themselves pursuing them. Meanwhile, their old foe Lee Mattingly has h
For three months Biel, Switzerland, hosted a special kind of sculpture. It was special not simply because it was by one of Switzerland’s most famous contemporary artists―Thomas Hirschhorn―and dedic
Here it comes! Cool drops splash down, scattering the grown-ups. But the children love romping in the rain, until—BOOM! This joyous, rhyming poem captures the many delights of a rainy day.
A fictionalized account of how an eleven-year-old African-American girl, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, saved to buy her first guitar and composed the popular folksong, "Freight Train" includes a brief sum
