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 Medicine: History,Roots and Key Maladies
M Tovar – Multicultural Approaches to Health and Wellness in …, 2014
… Mexican American Medicine 277 According to Western medicine, culture bound syndromes are
not as le- gitimate and often are seen as a set of … field is necessary, especially when treating
individuals that have certain beliefs that are not the same as the health professional. …
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The health data that shows Hispanics can’t be lumped into one group
Data looking at diabetes among Hispanics shows what experts have known for some time; the rate of metabolic disease among this growing minority is significantly higher than among non-Hispanic whites.
That being said, the data also shows something else that’s very important–Hispanics cannot be lumped under an umbrella term when it comes to health.
The new information is part of an ongoing large-scale study of Hispanics in the United States entitled “The Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos”, and according to project manager Larissa Avilés-Santa, MD, from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the findings are complex when it comes to the health of Hispanics but clearly show there is no single “Hispanic profile.”…
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Hispanics Are Forgotten in Civil Rights History
Whenever civil rights has been covered in history class, or when I’ve seen a documentary or read an article concerning such, I have always been very aware of what is missing, and it is something that I am interested in and looking for. As an American of Hispanic descent, I never see any information related to my ethnicity’s cause for civil rights. Where is the plight of Hispanics represented in the civil rights discussion and history of the United States…
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Millions of Americans changed their racial or ethnic identity from one census to the next
Millions of Americans counted in the 2000 census changed their race or Hispanic-origin categories when they filled out their 2010 census forms, according to new research presented at the annual Population Association of America meeting last week. Hispanics, Americans of mixed race, American Indians and Pacific Islanders were among those most likely to check different boxes from one census to the next…
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Experiences with Violence in Mexican American and European American High School Dating Relationships
Violence in adolescent dating relationships has become increasingly normative in the United States, with the severity of the consequences increasing into adulthood. Minority youths are at an increased risk for experiencing moderate to severe forms of physical dating violence, yet they are less likely to seek professional services. This comparative study of Mexican American (MA) and European American (EA) youths…
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I say Hispanic. You say Latino. How did the whole thing start?
BERKELEY – From Hollywood actor Cameron Diaz to the late labor rights leader Cesar Chavez, the labels, “Hispanic” or “Latino” cover a strikingly diverse population of more than 50 million Americans.
In her new book, UC Berkeley sociologist G. Cristina Mora traces the commercial, political and cultural interests that colluded in the…
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Starting From the Bottom: Why Mexicans are the Most Successful Immigrants in America
Who’s more successful: The child of Chinese immigrants who is now a prominent attorney, or a second-generation Mexican who completed high school and now holds a stable, blue collar job?
The answer depends on how you define success.
Qualitative Exploration of Adolescent Discrimination: Experiences and Responses of Mexican-American Parents and Teens
The Integrative Model for the Study of Developmental Competencies in Minority Children argues that while discrimination and prejudice are normative experiences for ethnic minority children, promoting environments, family factors and adaptive culture may help minority youth develop effective coping strategies to deal with discrimination. Although this model emphasizes the critical role of family
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Ruben Salazar questioned his own Chicano identity
By Zita Arocha
During a television interview shortly before newsman Ruben Salazar was killed by cops during a 1970 Chicano Anti-War march in Los Angeles, the now legendary Mexican-American journalist asked: “Why do I always have to apologize to Americans for Mexicans and to Mexicans for Americans?”
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LEGAL MIGRATION AND FREE TRADE IN THE NAFTA ERA : BEYOND MIGRATION RETHORIC
This study analyzes the variation of legal migration flows between Mexico and the United
States (U.S.) from the entry into force of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA). As a product of the asymmetry in the size of the U.S., Canadian and Mexican
economies, migration flows, both from Canada and Mexico
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Good Teachers Embrace Their Students’ Cultural Backgrounds
As the public-school population grows increasingly diverse, creating a link between home and school becomes more and more important.
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Gender across family generations: change in Mexican American masculinities and femininities
How do conceptions of gender – attitudes, expectations, and behaviours – change from generation to generation in Mexican American families? The notion of gender as socially constructed allows for the possibility of change, yet existing studies documenting change provide insight into why gender changes occur but…
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Barrio to Burbs: The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class By Jody Agius Vallejo
DJ Delgado – Social Forces, 2014
… theories of upward mobility, her discussion covers numerous topics regarding this cross section
of the Mexican American population, such as … Americans’ views regarding their obligations to other
Latinos, their identities, and their experiences in ethnic professional associations. …
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James J. Lorence. Palomino: Clinton Jencks and Mexican-American Unionism in the American Southwest.
BD Behnken – The American Historical Review, 2014
… The union soon transferred him to New Mexico, where local Mexican American leaders such
as Juan Chacón were already involved in a bitter … The jury found Jencks guilty of perjury based
largely on the testimony of FBI informant and professional liar Harvey Matusow, who …
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Mexican American Social Workers’ Perceptions of Doctoral Education and Academia
M Tijerina, AC Deepak – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
… than the specific Latino ethnicities within, the sample for this study was solely Mexican American. …
responsibilities (ie, no children, no parents to care for), and professional recognition for … Second,
the resulting sample largely comprised very seasoned professionals, who were far …
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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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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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