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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Counter-Narratives of La Raza Voices: An Exploration of the Personal and Professional Lived Experiences of Mexican-American/Chicano/A Faculty at California Institutions of Higher Education
Frank Vincent Serrano
Faculty members of color time and again encounter the greatest number of challenges and barriers (e.g., discrimination, isolation, marginalization, tokenism, inundated with workloads and service commitments, devalued research, and delayed promotion and tenure) in both entering academia and succeeding within academia…
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Divorce and the “Modern Family”: Using a DR to a ddress Our Ever-Diversifying Society’s Family Law needs
By Antoinette Raheem
with the contributions of
Holly Thompson, Sayed Mostafa, Tim
Cordes,Eileen Slank, and Belem Morales
We all know that divorce is never a one-size-fits-all process. However, when the parties to a domestic matter are culturally
or otherwise diverse, family lawyers need recognize that even more care should be taken to address the unique needs
of the parties. While it goes without saying that, within any group, people are unique and no one group has all the same
characteristics, to the extent there may be some prevalent…
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Expanding the pipeline for Latino bilingual teachers: A mixed methods study by Amabilia Valverde Valenzuela, University of Texas at El Paso
Current education reform in the US requires teacher preparation programs to educate future teachers according to the certification standards set forth by each state. Certification for teaching in Texas requires that preservice teachers successfully complete a series of comprehensive examinations in their teaching fields and in professional knowledge before entering full-time teaching…
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The Formation of Identity in High-Achieving, Mexican- American Professional Women
Esmeralda de los Santos
University of the Incarnate Word
Abstract: This study examines how ten, high-achieving, professional Mexican-American
women negotiate the Mexican-American and Anglo cultures and identifies what impact this negotiation
has on their sense of identity. The women’s early socialization determines whether they
acculturate to the dominant culture; irritate it; adapt to it; or reject it.
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Dangerous Minds In Tucson: The Banning of Mexican American Studies and Critical Thinking In Arizona
C Acosta
… 3 Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal, one of the key political figures that drove
the banning of Mexican American Studies in Tucson, is a … I have a legal responsibility to uphold
the law and a professional imperative to ensure every student has access to an …
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Retrospective chart review of obesity and episodic and chronic illness among rural Mexican-American adolescents accessing rural health clinic services
JD Champion, S Pierce, JL Collins – International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2014
… adolescents is essential.[42] A substantial increase in obesity has occurred among men,
Mexican-Americans and those living in southern states.[10] The rapid growth of Mexican-American
populations in … Obesity and Overweight for Professionals: Causes and Consequences
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Early Childrearing Practices and Their Relationship to Academic Performance in Mexican American Children
Arevalo, Amanda PT, DSc, PCS; Kolobe, Thubi H.A. PT, PhD, FAPTA; Arnold, Sandra PT, PhD; DeGrace, Beth PhD, OTR/L
Purpose:
To examine whether parenting behaviors and child rearing practices in the first 3 years of life among Mexican American (MA) families predict children’s academic performance at school age
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Academic Invulnerability Among Mexican-American Students: The Importance of Protective Resources and Appraisals
Sylvia Alatorre Alva
California State University, Fullerton
This study examined the characteristics of a cohort of Mexican-American tenth-grade students to determine why some Mexican-American students are academically successful and others are not, despite sharing a similar sociocultural background. Based on current work on invulnerable children, the purpose of this study was to examine the role of protective…
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Mexican- Americans fare worse after stroke: study finds
THURSDAY, March 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Mexican-Americans have more trouble recovering from a stroke than white patients do, a new study finds.
The researchers noted that Mexican-Americans are more likely to suffer a stroke than whites, but less likely to die from one. However, these new findings suggest that the…
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Ulysses S. Grant: Birth to the Mexican-American War
PK Sanfilippo – A Companion to the Reconstruction Presidents …, 2014 – books.google.com
Hundreds of books, articles, and manuscripts about Ulysses S. Grant have been written and
published since his rise to fame during America’s Civil War. In fact, a 2005 bibliography of
Grant-related publications compiled by Marie Kelsey includes over 4,000 items in its 475 …
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Racism on trial : the Chicano fight for justice
“Ian Haney Lopez tells the compelling story of the Chicano movement in Los Angeles by following two criminal trials, including one arising from the student walkouts. He demonstrates how racial prejudice led to police brutality and judicial discrimination that in turn spurred Chicano militancy. He also shows that legal violence helped to convince Chicano activists that they were nonwhite, thereby encouraging their…
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Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
MAES was founded in Los Angeles in 1974 to increase the number of Mexican Americans and other Hispanics in the technical and scientific fields.
The idea to establish a professional society for Mexican American engineers originated with Robert Von Hatten, an aerospace electronics engineer with TRW Defense Space Systems in Redondo Beach, California. Mr. Von Hatten had for several years served as volunteer for programs directed at combating the alarming number of high school dropouts. He envisioned a national organization that would serve as a source for role models, address of the needs of its members, and become a resource for industry
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Question of race not simple for Mexican Americans, author says
When Mexican Americans say they are “white” on the U.S. Census, it’s often not for the reasons many assume, says Julie A. Dowling, a professor of Latina and Latino studies and author of a new book…
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The Mexican-American Diaspora and its Influence on American Trade Policy
M Mucci Pineda – 2014
Page 1. The Mexican-American Diaspora and its Influence on American Trade Policy By … ii Abstract
This study focuses on the Mexican-American community in the US, the American and Mexican
governments, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and trade in …
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Ethnocultural and Gendered Determinants of Coping Among Mexican American Adolescent Men
L Ojeda, CTH Liang – 2014
Page 1. Psychology of Men & Masculinity Ethnocultural and Gendered Determinants of Coping
Among Mexican American Adolescent Men … Ethnocultural and Gendered Determinants of Coping
Among Mexican American Adolescent Men Lizette Ojeda Texas A&M University …
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PSYCHOSOCIAL INFLUENCES OF ACCULTURATION AND ACCULTURATIVE STRESS ON LEPTIN, ADIPONECTIN, AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES IN MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY
SE Muñoz – 2014
… LEPTIN, ADIPONECTIN, AND GESTATIONAL DIABETES IN MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
DURING PREGNANCY Committee: … STRESS ON LEPTIN, ADIPONECTIN, AND GESTATIONAL
DIABETES IN MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY by …
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Ian Heney López on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race: Interview with Bill Boyers
February 28, 2014
What do Cadillac-driving “welfare queens,” a “food stamp president” and the “lazy, dependent and entitled” 47 percent tell us about post-racial America? They’re all examples of a type of coded racism that this week’s guest, Ian Haney López, writes about in his new book, Dog Whistle Politics.
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Voices: Fast-growing Hispanic market tough to tap
Two news outlets strike out with ventures aimed at Hispanics
MIAMI — American firms trying to tap into the fast-growing Hispanic market, particularly those in the news business, are receiving a very clear message: Good luck.
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Reduction of Non-adherent Behaviour in a Mexican-American Adolescent with Type 2 Diabetes
E Piven, R Duran – Occupational Therapy International, 2014
… In addition, fatalismo (a Mexican-American fatalistic belief about God’s control over oneself) may
pose challenges to the development of an … Seeking help from a professional has been viewed
as an outward demonstration of weakness that challenged machismo and…
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HIV RISKS AND RISK REDUCTION READINESS IN HARD-TO-REACH, DRUG-USING AFRICAN AMERICAN AND MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
HIV RISKS, RIN HARD-TO-REACH
… risky HIV behaviors, We developed the AIDS Survival Kit (ASK) program, which targeted both
African American and Mexican American men and … Making such changes will involve the
collaborative efforts of health and social service professionals who understand the issues …
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