To the Madhouse

Greg Johnson, of Atlanta, Georgia, has written several books of fiction, including the story collection Distant Friends and the recently published novel Sticky Kisses

Transparent display with diffuser-backed microtextured illuminating device and method of manufacture therefor

A substantially planar illuminating device, a visual display and a method of manufacture therefor. The illuminating device includes: (1) a light source (210) and (2) a transparent substrate (220) having a pair of substantially parallel major surfaces (230,240) and an entry point (250) for accepting light from the light source, the substrate functioning as a guide for the light, one of the pair of surfaces textured with a plurality of microelements (260) for scattering the light from the substrate, the microelements having a side wall with a side wall area, the side wall area being a function of a distance of the microelements from the entry point to enhance a uniformity of the scattering of the light over an area of the pair of surfaces.Published versio

Liketa is not Almost

In this paper, I analyze the syntax and semantics of the approximative liketa as found in Appalachian English. Liketa is commonly translated to standard American English as almost. I present syntactic facts from extrapostion, yes/no question response, and hierarchy of projections which suggest that liketa is in fact a verb and not an adverb like almost. I use this syntactic analysis to show that a verbal decomposition analysis of the semantics of almost and German fast is not sufficient to explain liketa\u27s unique set of interpretations. Instead I propose that liketa\u27s interpretations are best captured with an analysis which says that liketa is best analyzed as an expression which generates sets of ordered alternatives following Penka (2006). I suggest that the alternatives receive their structure from the aspectual structure of the verb under liketa

Farther On Up the Road: The Blues Archive Turns 35

An exhibit to observe the 35th anniversary of the Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi. What began with an initial gift of nearly 10,000 sound recordings from B. B. King has grown to include more than 70,000 sound recordings, 60,000 photographs, and thousands of posters, books, and research files.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/jdw_exhibits/1013/thumbnail.jp

On the Edge of an Abyss : The Writer as Insomniac

Writers who have struggled with insomnia

Affordable Audio Visual Solutions for Library Displays

This paper examines relatively low cost means of incorporating audio visual elements into library, archive, historical society, and museum exhibits. It provides some ideas smaller institutions can use to create interactive exhibits similar to those found in larger, well-funded museums

Gilman\u27s Gothic Allegory: Rage and Redemption in The Yellow Wallpaper

Discusses the 19th-century short story \u27The Yellow Wallpaper,\u27 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Comparison with the insistence of the poet Emily Dickinson\u27s mother to install new wallpaper in her bedroom before Emily was born; Suggestion of Gothic themes of confinement and rebellion, forbidden desire and irrational fear; View of the behavior of the story\u27s female narrator