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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JJ Lorence – 2013
… process, I have been fortunate to work with the skilled editors at the University of Illinois Press,
whose professional guidance was … The University of Illinois Press granted permission to reprint
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A Theater Intervention to Prevent Teen Dating Violence for Mexican-American Middle School Students
RA Belknap, K Haglund, H Felzer, J Pruszynski… – Journal of Adolescent …, 2013
… from two prior qualitative studies regarding perceptions of dating relationships and violence among
male and female Mexican-American adolescents to … An acting group of four undergraduate students
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Academic Achievement Of First-Generation Mexican American Males In A Community College
CC Peña – Journal of International Education and Leadership …, 2013
… Demographic Profile This study consisted of 10 first-generation Mexican American males between
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150 years of Mexican, Mexican American history now online
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Pedagogies of Survival: Cultural Resources to Foster Resilience Among Mexican-American Community College Students
B Campa – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
… Pedagogies of Survival: Cultural Resources to Foster Resilience Among
Mexican-American Community College Students. … extensively. Mexican-American
students who attend community colleges typically face many barriers. …
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An Adapted Brief Strategic Family Therapy for Gang-Affiliated Mexican American Adolescents
A Valdez, A Cepeda, D Parrish, R Horowitz, C Kaplan – Research on Social Work …, 2013
… and Charles Kaplan1 Abstract Objective: This study assessed the effectiveness of
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Family Obligation Values and Family Assistance Behaviors: Protective and Risk Factors for Mexican–American Adolescents’ Substance Use
EH Telzer, N Gonzales, AJ Fuligni – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
… In the current study, we examined the role of family obli- gation values and family assistance
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Investigating the Student Experiences of Mexican-American PK-12 Educators to Cultivate Authentic Latino Recruitment Strategies
JM Morton, BN Martin – Current Issues in Education, 2013
… 1 2 However, we often do not model this maxim in our own professional actions (Ladson-Billings,
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Adapting the Distress Thermometer for Cross-Cultural Research: A Method Enhanced by Mexican American Undergraduate Research Assistants
JN Wells – Hispanic Health Care International, 2013
… Perceived mood, health and burden in female Mexican American family cancer caregivers.
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Parental Factors Associated with Mexican American Adolescent Alcohol Use
C Mogro-Wilson – Journal of Addiction, 2013
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Signal Detection Analysis of Factors Associated With Diabetes Among Semirural Mexican American Adults
KD Hanni, DA Ahn, MA Winkleby – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2013
… inclusion in this analysis were as follows: (1) self-identification as Mexican American, (2) 18 years
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The Psychology of Working: A Case Study of Mexican American Women With Low Educational Attainment
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Mexican-American Perceptions of the Causes of Mental Distress
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Mexican American Students Moving from the Margins of Life to New Ways of Being
R Reyes – 2013
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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BODY FAT, AND ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN MEXICAN AMERICAN MALE ADOLESCENTS
EJ Winokur – 2012
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Intersectionality and Work–Family Balance: A Study of Black, White, and Mexican-american Adults
R Ray, PB Jackson – Advances in Gender Research, 2013
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Mexican-American-Proarchive.Com Is Proud To Announce The Best Occupations For Mexican American Professionals During This Decade
Mexican American Pro Archives (https://www.mexican-american-proarchive.com) is proud to announce the best occupations for Mexican American professionals during this decade.
The U.S. Bureaus of Labor Statistics has listed occupations with the largest job growth. This data as compared with the latest American Community Survey for 2012 shows the following results.
Here is a selected list of professional workers with their percentage growth for the years 2010 to 2020.
The American Community survey has consistently showed during the past three years that Mexican Americans are making good progress in Business, Science and Art occupations. Their numbers have moved from 16.2% in 2010 to 16.6% for the year of 2012. These numbers still pale in comparison to the general population which grew from 35.9% in 2010 to 39.6% in 2012. Nonetheless, there is progress and that is always welcome.
Listed below are listed some of the occupations that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects as having the largest job growth for the years of 2010 to 2020:
- Medical Assistants will grow by 30.9%
- Physicians and Surgeons will grow by 24.4%
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses will grow by 22.4%
- Registered Nurses will grow by 14.3%
- In addition the latest American Community Survey showed that College and/or Graduate School Enrollment has continued to grow from 16.8% in 2010 to 18.2% in 2012. This percentage is growing at a faster rate than the general population which grew from 28.3% in 2010 to 28.8% in 2012
Some of the jobs that the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that could be filled my Mexican American Professionals include:
- Postsecondary Teachers will grow by 17.4%
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education will grow by 16.8%
- Accountants and Auditors will grow by 15.7%
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers will grow by 14.3%
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Understanding Mexican American Children
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