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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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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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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Rapid loss of the Mexican American Survival Advantage After Stroke–The BASIC Study
LB Morgenstern, BN Sánchez, M Smith, D Brown… – Stroke, 2014
… barred from presentation. International Stroke Conference Poster Abstracts: Session
Title: Community/Risk Factors Posters II. Abstract T P132: Rapid loss of the Mexican
American Survival Advantage After Stroke–The BASIC Study. …
Review: Alfredo Ramos Martínez, champion of ordinary people, revisited
Mexican artist Alfredo Ramos Martínez, who moved to L.A. in 1929, is the subject of an exhibition at Pasadena Museum of California Art. He brought Art Deco distinction to images of workers.
A Qualitative Study of Family Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of Mexican-American and Mexican Immigrant Fathers and Mothers
BJ Turner, N Navuluri, P Winkler, S Vale, E Finley – … of the Academy of Nutrition and …, 2014
… Twelve focus groups were held from August 2011 through January 2012 in community settings
in predominantly Mexican-American neighborhoods of … and transcribed verbatim by Area Health
Education Center staff and reviewed for accuracy by a professional transcriptionist as …
From Coveralls To Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front
N Molina – Southern California Quarterly, 2014
… The final essay in Regionalists on the Left—and the closest thing to a conclusion the book
offers—is Steiner’s treatment of the personal, professional, and political … FROM COVERALLS TO
ZOOT SUITS: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front. …
Gender, Soldiering, and Citizenship in the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848
P Guardino – The American Historical Review, 2014
… 13. Mexico and the United States had similar professional armies before the two
countries came to blows in 1846. … Thus in the Mexican-American War, the two relatively
young republics each mobilized very different kinds of soldiers. …
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Young Mexican-American runs for Texas legislature
Published February 03, 2014
Luis Lopez, born 25 years ago in Mexico, is running as a Democrat for the Texas House of Representatives on a platform of improving the educational system, protecting women’s rights and providing better support for small businesses…
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Rodriguez… Texas Ranger: True Story of the First Mexican American Texas Ranger
R Harper – 2013
Page 1. Rodriguez… J ‘ Texas Ranger! The True Story of the First Mexican-American Texas Ranger
Page 2. … Page 3. RODRIGUEZ… TEXAS RANGER! The True Story of the First Mexican American
Texas Ranger Copyright © 2013 Rick Harper. All rights reserved. …
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Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican American War
JC Pinheiro – 2014 – books.google.com
The term” Manifest Destiny” has traditionally been linked to US westward expansion in the
nineteenth century, the desire to spread republican government, and racialist theories like
Anglo-Saxonism. Yet few people realize the degree to which Manifest Destiny and …
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The Association Between School Engagement and Achievement Across Three Generations of Mexican American Students
JL Rodríguez, IP Boutakidis – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2014
… group diversity for school engagement and achievement in order to address how to develop and
implement curricula, student programs, and teacher professional development to more effectively
promote the school engagement and achievement of Mexican American students. …
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MEXICAN AMERICAN FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF SIBLINGS AND ADDITIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR COLLEGE CHOICE PROCESS
D Elias McAllister – 2012
… Title of Document: MEXICAN AMERICAN FIRST- GENERATION STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS
OF SIBLINGS AND ADDITIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR COLLEGE CHOICE PROCESS …
choice process of Mexican American first-generation students who had an older …
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Cilantro: A Natural Water Purifier?
Cilantro — the spicy ingredient common to many fiery Mexican and Southeast Asian foods — may offer a natural, inexpensive new way to purifying drink water, new research shows.
In a presentation at an American Chemical Society meeting Indianapolis this week, scientists from Ivy Tech Community College and the Universidad Politécnica de Francisco I. Madero in Hidalgo said laboratory studies have determined the herb — also known as coriander and Thai parsley — has significant “biosorbent” properties that allow it to effectively remove lead and other potentially toxic heavy metals from contaminated water.
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Beliefs, Practices, and Experiences Of Postpartum Mexican American Women: An Ethnonursing Study
VA Hascup – Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal …, 2014
… University, Union, NJ. Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s
Health (WH). Learning Objectives: Desribe the values that are most important to
Mexican American women during the childbirth continuum. …
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