The poems in Rebecca Black's first volume, Cottonlandia, move through myth and landscape, beginning in the deep South's "shimmer and tar" and ending in the "soot and orange dolor" of the California de
Traveling to another country for business? Do you know how to set up the appointment? How about the particular culture? You just may insult those with which you wish to do business. Where can you turn
Planning a wedding soon? How about a destination wedding? Do you know where to begin? Are you planning an event your guests will love and remember? Planning a wedding can be exhausting. Worse yet,
Do you teach young children manners or want to present your own workshops? Do you feel unsure of your abilities? With Manners for Children: Lesson Plans for Those Who Wish To Teach Young Children, mos
Many will judge you based on your table manners alone. That’s not too surprising when you consider that we use all of our manners at the table—courtesy, consideration and respect. Thus, it does seem p
Once considered medicinal, tea is a mysterious beverage that calms and soothes. Tea is ritualized and revered, especially in Great Britain. In, “How to Tea: British Tea Times,” the reader takes an enj
Black (U. of California, Irvine) studies the emergence of online fan fiction sites, and notes how adolescent participants are actually producing innovations in language and communication with their co
Aimee Leduc is happy her long?time business partner Rene has found a girlfriend. Really, she is. It’s not her fault if she can’t suppress her doubts about the relationship; Rene is moving way too fast
Writing Youth: Young Adult Fiction as Literacy Sponsorship studies young adult (YA) fiction that analyzes corporate sponsorship of media literacy practices in and through YA fiction. It shows how YA n
