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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RE Orengo-Aguayo – Marriage & Family Review, 2015
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Cultural, Media, and Peer Influences on Body Beauty Perceptions of Mexican American Adolescent Girls
LF Romo, R Mireles-Rios, A Hurtado – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2015
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MARIO, A 35-YLD Mexican American male, and Kevin, a 33-year-old
DJ Alonzo – Handbook of Couples Therapy
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Exploring Mexican American adolescent romantic relationship profiles and adjustment
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Spirituality and Resilience Among Mexican American IPV Survivors
A Iván, T Barnett-Queen, M Messick, M Gurrola – Journal of interpersonal violence, 2015
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Beyond immigrant status: Book-sharing in low-income Mexican-American families
M Salinas, DR Pérez-Granados, HM Feldman… – Journal of Early Childhood …, 2015
… Rank) Score: 0.726 | 47/222 Health (Social Science) | 125/273 Developmental and
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Explaining the Mexican-American Health Paradox Using Selectivity Effects
EA Téllez, JN Martínez, ER González – 2015
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Mexican American Children and Families: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
MOB Caughy, L Franzini – Mexican American Children and Families: …, 2014
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R Murillo, SS Albrecht, ML Daviglus, KN Kershaw – American Journal of Health …, 2014
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Breast Cancer Cause Beliefs Chinese, Korean, and Mexican American Breast Cancer Survivors
P Gonzalez, JW Lim, M Wang-Letzkus, KF Flores… – Western Journal of Nursing …, 2014
… Focus groups with Chinese (n = 21), Korean (n = 11), and Mexican American (n = 9) BCS recruited
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MEXICAN American youth TEENAGERS — Health & hygiene TOBACCO habit
JA Pesa
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par with the majority adolescent population. It is important that efforts be made on the part of
involved professionals to better understand the special needs and cultural differences that …
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Study traces Mexican ancestry to decode health problems
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Reflections of a Latino in the Social Work Profession
This is a first-person account of seminal events that have helped shape the rich history and cultural heritage of the social work profession. In examining these events, the author has provided some personal history as a Mexican American growing up in South Texas that provides a historical and value context for his participation in these events. He also discusses his leadership experiences in serving on the national staff of NASW and volunteer leadership experiences in a number of professional organizations during critical times for the profession.
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