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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40 Under 40: Latinos in American Politics
A new generation of Latinos continues to move up in American politics. Some are immigrants, others are homegrown; most are progressive, but conservatives have elevated serious talent as well. Last year’s list of excellent Latinos in politics focused on Capitol Hill. This year’s looks further, to Latinos in key roles across the spectrum of American politics.
In 2014, the Obama administration…
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Cristela Alonzo TV Show: Mexican Comedienne To Take World By Storm With New Sitcom [PREVIEW]
Breakout comedienne Cristela Alonzo stars as a woman laughing her way to the new American dream in “Cristela,” a family comedy loosely based on her life and stand-up routine. Cristela’s dream of becoming a lawyer is something her traditional Mexican-American family doesn’t quite understand. She’s entering her sixth year of law school after juggling home obligations and working multiple jobs to pay her way. She lives in cramped quarters with her sister Daniela, her long-suffering brother-in-law Felix and their two young kids…
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Anchor and launching pad: The role of a Latino cutlural center in the experience of Mexican American students at a Midwestern predominantly White institution
SA Lozano – 2014
… activities? 3. What role does the cultural center play in Mexican American student success? …
because they are not staffed with full-time professionals. Rather, each center employs a half- …
Center is planned and coordinated by students rather than by professional staff members. …
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Mexican American Youth Organization: Avant-guarde of the Chicano movement in Texas
A Navarro – 2014 – books.google.com
… Although other sectors were involved (eg, campesinos, workers, professionals, etc.), it was the youths who became the most … To understand the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO),then, itis important to understand the relationships among the divergent movements …
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Cheech Marin introduces Chicano art collection to Texas Tech
By ELLYSA GONZALEZ
He’s done some acting, made people laugh and produced film projects.
But over the past 20 years, Cheech Marin also has been collecting art.
On Friday, Marin visited Texas Tech to introduce an exhibit of art from his personal collection as part of a collaboration between the Tech College of Visual and Performing Arts School of Art and the Presidential Lecture & Performance…
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Is it time for bed? Short sleep duration increases risk for obesity in Mexican American children
SM Martinez, JM Tschann, LC Greenspan, J Deardorff… – Sleep Medicine
… In Mexican American children, shorter sleep duration at baseline was associated with increased
weight status over 24 months. … | Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Feedback | About Us | Help |
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11 Hispanic Filmmakers Who Are Seriously Killing It
There was a time when even the most devoted American cinephile would struggle to name more than a few Latino directors beyond Pedro Almodovar and Luis Bunuel. Today, filmmakers like Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Miguel Arteta, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez have become bankable names with movies that are embraced by broad audiences. But can “Gravity,” “Pacific Rim,” or “Sin City” be defined as Latino films?
There’s another group of Hispanic filmmakers who are really nailing their craft; they’re not yet household names in the U.S., but they’re reinvigorating genres, providing fresh perspectives, and reshaping the cinematic experience…
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Mexican-American-Proarchive.com Shows A Very Low Percentage Of Mexican Americans In Graduate School For 2013
Only 2.8 percent of Mexican American college graduates move on to get a graduate or professional degree, and worse for foreign-born Mexican Americans: only 1.5 percent of that group goes on to get a graduate degree or certificate.
Mexican-American-Proarchive.com releases the troublesome educational attainment figures for the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey for the year 2013.
Although the college or graduate school enrollment in 2013 did not change much since 2012, the educational attainment for these groups of Mexican Americans is unacceptable. ¿Que paso? It’s true that out of the already low 18.1 percent enrollment of all Mexican Americans in higher education, 7.3 percent complete their B.A. and 21.8 percent complete some college or associate’s degree, but only 2.8 percent of Mexican Americans obtain a graduate or professional degree. This is terrible in comparison to the total population, which has a graduate or professional degree completion rate of 11.2 percent.
A bright light in the horizon is a program formed by an alliance of Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, and Caltech Universities “to unite and boost minority Ph.D. students and faculty” by “creating a unique, cross-institutional community of underrepresented minorities and developing faculty training to better recognize and help this group.”
UT establishes Mexican American and Latina/o studies department
UT The Daily Texan
“If you want a professional edge in the market, you might want to do business and Mexican-American and Latino studies because those are the people …
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Mexican American College Students’ Communication with Their Siblings
SE Killoren, EC Alfaro, AK Lindell, C Streit – Family Relations, 2014
… Original Article. Mexican American College Students’ Communication with Their Siblings. … How
to Cite. Killoren, SE, Alfaro, EC, Lindell, AK and Streit, C. (2014), Mexican American College
Students’ Communication with Their Siblings. Family Relations, 63: 513–525. …
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The Role of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors in Explaining the Association Between Acculturation and Obesity Among Mexican-American Adults
R Murillo, SS Albrecht, ML Daviglus, KN Kershaw – American Journal of Health …, 2014
… The Role of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors in Explaining the Association
Between Acculturation and Obesity Among Mexican-American Adults … Subjects.
Mexican-American NHANES participants aged !20 years (n ¼ 1902). Measures. …
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Self-Construal, Career Decision Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Barriers Predict Mexican American Women’s Life Satisfaction
B Piña‐Watson, N Jimenez, L Ojeda – The Career Development Quarterly, 2014
… degree attainment, with only 2.9% of Latinas obtaining a master’s degree and 1.0% obtaining
doctoral or professional degrees (compared with … Informed by this study, a program could be
established in which professionals connect Mexican American college women with …
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Unraveling the Yarn: Self-Reflection, Critical Incidents, and Missteps Leading to Continued Growth as a Culturally Sensitive Art Educator
Teacher reflection has been shown to have a positive influence on educators’ professional growth. This article features the author’s autobiographical reflection on his eight years working at an elementary school within a predominantly migrant Mexican AmerTeacher reflection has been shown to have a positive influence on educators’ professional growth. This article features the author’s autobiographical reflection on his eight years working at an elementary school within a predominantly migrant Mexican American community, with specific attention paid to his mistakes while implementing a lesson on the indigenous Huichol culture of Mexico. Through the author’s critical self-reflection, a number of common missteps in multicultural instruction are discussed, including the selection of lessons that call for shallow reproductions of cultural artifacts, the error of false assumptions of cultural homogeneity, and the culturally-insensitive practiceican community, with specific attention paid to his mistakes while implementing a lesson on the indigenous Huichol culture of Mexico. Through the author’s critical self-reflection, a number of common missteps in multicultural instruction are discussed, including the selection of lessons that call for shallow reproductions of cultural artifacts, the error of false assumptions of cultural homogeneity, and the culturally-insensitive practice…
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The Elusive Bicultural Latino Audience
According to Horowitz Associates’ Focus: Latino 2014 report. Bicultural Latinos, Hispanics who feel strong cultural ties to both their U.S. and Hispanic identities, represent 53% of America’s Hispanics.
Biculturals, who tend to be more educated and make more money than average Hispanics, are a highly desirable target demographic for advertisers. Additionally, compared to total Hispanics and TV content viewers overall, biculturals are younger, more entertainment-oriented, and very tech-savvy. Many media companies and their advertisers are now working to develop effective strategies for engaging them…
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Musical Interests of a Middle – Income Mexican – American ( Natural or Naturalized) in the Western United States from Birth to Old Age
Two interviews were conducted; one with a 30 year old mixed Caucasian Mexican American male
with a family of five, Jimmy,studying music in Idaho and another with an
elderly couple from the baby boom cohort included a 68 year old Mexican
American female,Candelaria,who moved to the U.S. in 1963 and a 74 year old Mexican-
American male Cayetano,who moved to the U.S. permanently in 1948, both naturalized in 1977. Although the
instructions were to interview only one person from the older group, both husband and wife
intervened in the conversation.
Both interviews were done via Skype.
Both generational cohorts indicate…
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MEXICAN AMERICAN/CHICANO GANG MEMBERS’ VOICE ON SOCIAL CONTROL IN THE CONTEXT OF SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY: A CRITICAL ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA
S Jesse – 2014
Page 1. MEXICAN AMERICAN / CHICANO GANG MEMBERS’ VOICE ON SOCIAL CONTROL
IN THE CONTEXT OF SCHOOL AND … By Jesse S. De La Cruz July 2014 Page 2. CERTIFICATION
OF APPROVAL MEXICAN AMERICAN / CHICANO GANG MEMBERS’ VOICE …
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Latinos moving up to own, run farms
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — When he was 15, an immigration raid at a Japanese flower nursery turned Arturo Flores’ life around. The owners needed a new group of workers to replace the ones removed by immigration officials, and Flores landed a job cutting flowers.
He slowly worked his way up to packaging and delivering them. In the mid-1980s, he got a call from two businessmen looking to start their own cut-flower business. They asked him to manage deliveries and distribution. Today Flores, 50, is the president of Central California Flower Growers in Watsonville, a distributor in Santa Cruz County that sells more than 100 varieties of flowers and other plants…
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Robert Rodriguez: “The Future of Hispanic TV is in English Programming”
Robert Rodriguez is working his magic on English-speaking Latino audiences with his new network, El Rey.
During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 46-year-old Sin City director revealed what made him decide to launch a TV network.
“John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa at FactoryMade told me, ‘There’s an opportunity for a TV network. Comcast is giving them away.’ So I came up with the concept for El Rey,” Rodriguez explained…
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Chuckawalla’s Chicano Correctional Workers Association (CCWA) presents scholarships
BLYTHE, Calif. – Chicano Correctional Worker’s Association (CCWA) and avid supporters Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) Warden A. M. Gonzales and Chief Deputy Warden C. Callahan continue to impart the importance of education by presenting scholarships to Carly Renee Teater ($900) and Destiny Lopez ($600).
The recipients were selected by CCWA scholarship committee members and were presented certificates and checks by CCWA Chapter President Evelyn Garcia…
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Young Latino Mayor Pete Aguilar Could Turn a Red House Seat Blue
Long before he aspired to be in Congress, Democrat Pete Aguilar’s dream was to be like his father who worked for the local utility.
“My mother tells the story that she made me a little uniform just like his and I think she has baby books that she shows …He worked for the local gas company for 37 years,” Aguilar said.
But he didn’t fill his father’s shoes. Instead, at age 26 he set his own path and became the youngest city council member in the California city of Redlands’ 126-year history when five council members, Democrat and Republican, picked him out of 11 candidates to fill an open seat. He was elected to the seat a year later, his first election. Then his colleagues appointed him mayor in 2010 and again in 2012.
Today Aguilar’s going after another vacancy, the U.S. House seat for California’s 31st Congressional District. The incumbent, Republican Rep. Gary Miller was in for a bruising race as the Democrats’ No. 1 target. He chose to retire. Aguilar, a Democrat, and his opponent Republican Paul Chabot will face off in November…
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