Polly K Smith

She got the goods on life. Post WW2 life in a small Southern town as described through the weekly columns of the newspaper's "shopping girl." College grad Polly Smith couldn't resist adding dabs of commentary to her updates on new merchandise and sales at the local shops. What emerges is a view of w...

The Pulse of Everything is an anthology of works by Otley Writers covering a wide range of genres, from flash fiction to poetry, from memoir to short story. The source of each piece is either the author's imagination or from their real life experiences. Written from the heart with humour and poignan...

Critical Rural Theory is an attempt to bring together the concepts of structure, space, and culture in order to explain the relationship between rural communities and urban society. The overarching theme revolves around the many ways-structural, spatial, and cultural-in which urban systems create an...

In 1935, Texas was preparing for its biggest celebration to date: a world’s fair to commemorate the centennial of its independence from Mexico. Centennial officials eager to publicize the event needed an abundance of photographic images that would put the state in the best possible light. They h...

Upstate New York is in a malaise and sociologists Alexander Thomas and Polly Smith wanted to know why. They take the reader on a tour of New York in order to diagnose the problems affecting the state and what can be done to address the issues.

Critical Rural Theory is an attempt to bring together the concepts of structure, space, and culture in order to explain the relationship between rural communities and urban society. The overarching theme revolves around the many ways-structural, spatial, and cultural-in which urban systems create an...