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Every Day is Magic: Ada Limón

In her 2015 collection, Bright Dead Things, a National Book Award finalist for poetry, Ada Limón writes of moving to Kentucky: “Confession: I did not want to live here.” It’s perhaps not a surprising sentiment coming from a coastally oriented person who was raised in Northern California, attended college in Seattle, and then spent over a decade in New York City.

But Limón and her husband, Lucas, have been in Lexington for seven years now and the effects of settling into this place are noticeable in her new book, The Carrying (Milkweed, Aug.). It’s a phenomenally lively and attentive collection replete with the trappings of living a little closer to nature. While Bright Dead Things is marked by a preponderance of light, such as images of fireflies and neon signs, The Carrying features numerous appearances by various trees, birds, and beetles. Limón also demonstrates a greater willingness to be explicit in naming colors, particularly green. “It’s crazy green, the whole book,” she says. “Lexington is the greenest place I’ve ever lived.” Similarly, where in Bright Dead Things, Limón tells a lot of stories and anecdotes, in The Carrying she is very present in her thoughts and experiences.

As it turns out, these shifts in focus have another, altogether unexpected source. While putting Bright Dead Things together, Limón was diagnosed with chronic vestibular neuronitis, which can cause bouts of vertigo. “If I’m really having vertigo, it’s pretty intense and I really have to focus,”
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MEXICAN AMERICAN PROFESSIONALS ANNUAL REPORT

Published January 26, 2020 | By admin

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The American Community Survey has reported the following results for the 2018 survey year:

It reports that the Educational Attainment for Mexican Americans was 3.6% in the United States, while for the total population of the United States was 12.6%. The good news is that it is .3% higher than it was in 2017. The bad news is that it is still way below the national figure of 12.6%.

For college graduates, specifically students graduating with their B.A. degree, it was 9% for Mexican Americans and for the total population it was 20%, which is far better than the graduate enrollment as compared above. In 2017, the figures were 8.5% for Mexican Americans and 19.3% for the total population. Still far apart, but much better than the ratio of graduate enrollment.

For the area of occupations in management, business, science, and arts the percentage was 19.6% for Mexican Americans and 38.6% for the total population.

Lastly, for industry in professional, scientific, management, and administrative and waste management it was 10.3% for Mexican Americans and 11.7% for the total population.

Compared to last year, Mexican Americans represented 10.1% in this industry verus 11.5% for the total population.

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Mexican American Proarchive Annual Report for 2022

The American Community Survey is an annual survey administered by the federal government to help local officials and community leaders and businesses understand the changes that take place in their communities. It includes percentages of our population’s graduate school attainment and the employment of Mexican Americans in various occupations. These important factors influence the allocation of federal resources. Mexican American Proarchives uses the data provided by the American Community Survey to better understand how Mexican Americans compare to the general population.