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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Second Home Language Learners’ Attitudes and Motivations
SHL Learners’Attitudes – Spanish As a Heritage Language in the United States: …, 2012
… JOSE WAS A SECOND-GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN, studying Spanish to 161 … heritage
languages found that SHLs ”along with Japanese, Mandarin, and Cantonese HLLs [heritage
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Mother-Child Dyadic Synchrony and its Association with Children’s Socio-Emotional Competence in Mexican American Families
P Velez-Gomez – 2012
… Page 11. Texas Tech University, Paulina Velez-Gomez, August 2012 4 with only a small
percentage that has achieved a college level education and professional occupations (Martinez,
2001) Taking into account the growing rates of Mexican American families in the …
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A Content Analysis of the Career Paths and Cultural Capital of Mexican-American Male Principals: A Critical Race Discourse on the Journey Toward the Principalship
JL Horak – 2012
… subordination (Crenshaw, Gotanda, Peller, & Thomas, 1996). For decades, the racial
conversations and experiences of Mexican-American males have been framed to promote the
cultural stereotypes. To debunk this mindset, the professional journey toward the …
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Mexican-American Experiences of Vocational Training and Adult Learning after a Layoff Event in San Antonio, Texas
DP Mena, GN McLean
… Given the dearth of literature on Mexican-American displaced workers, it is essential to find
successful interventions that assist this group of … HRD professionals will directly benefit from this
study for this knowledge will minimize emotional impact and prepare employees by …
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Mexican Americans and Environmental Justice Change and Continuity in American Politics
B Marquez – Latino Urbanism: The Politics of Planning, Policy, and …, 2012
… Some Mexican American environmental justice organizations are now a mainstay in local politics …
As Rhodes (2003) observed, the EPA is still “dominated, regardless of the par- ty in power in
the White House, by professionals who come from a culture that is wanting in sensitivity
As Rhodes (2003) observed, the EPA is still “dominated, regardless of the par- ty in power in
the White House, by professionals who come from a culture that is wanting in sensitivity
The Role of Ethnicity in Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Students’ Experience of Sexual Harassment
LK Kearney, LA Gilbert – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2012
… The Role of Ethnicity in Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White … Lisa K. Kearney1,2 and Lucia
Albino Gilbert3 Abstract This study explored dimensions of a social phenomenon not often investi-
gated among Mexican American college students, namely sexual harassment. …
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Protective Cultural Factors Fostering Academic Resilience in “At-Risk” Mexican American Teenage Girls
V Lopez-Estrada – … SOCIAL SCIENCE PROCEEDINGS Volume 49# 1 …
… In this study, the girls’ primary parents’ everyday demonstrations of resilient behavior were related
to traditional Mexican American family life (roles … The study suggests a need for more research
and professional development for educators on the subject of academic resiliency. …
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Cardiovascular reactivity during stressful speaking tasks in Mexican American Women: effects of language use and interaction partner ethnicity
JJ MacKenzie, TW Smith, BN Uchino – Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2012
… Two Caucasian and two Mexican–American women served as video-recorded part-
ners. … Measures Questionnaires that were not available initially in Spanish were forward
and back translated by professional bilingual translators. …
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Social Support, Stressors, and Frailty Among Older Mexican American Adults
MK Peek, BT Howrey, RS Ternent, LA Ray… – The Journals of Gerontology …, 2012
… Social Support, Stressors, and Frailty Among Older Mexican American Adults. … Given that the
Mexican American population is rapidly growing in the United States, it is important to determine
whether there are modifiable social factors related to frailty in this older group. Method. …
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Fatalysm and Cardio-Metabolic Dysfunction in Mexican-American Women
K Espinosa de los Monteros, LC Gallo – International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 2012
… were randomly recruited via targeted telephone and mail procedures from San Diego communities
with high densities of Mexican–American residents and … 3) high school diploma or equivalent,
(4) some college, (5) bachelors degree, and (6) graduate or professional degree. …
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Narrative Pedagogy: Informing a Telenovela-Guided Dialogue Intervention to Increase Mexican American Elders’ Use of Home Health Care Services
JD Crist, F FNGNA
… move toward increased levels of well-being (ie, the elder is better able to age in place; the
caregiver can maintain a balance in his/her professional and personal life). … Crist, JD (2008). Theory
derivation and the telenovela: Facilitating Mexican-American family use of home …
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Mexican American Girl’s Educational Achievement and Aspirations
LY Flores, PO Garriott – The Oxford Handbook of Prevention in Counseling …, 2012
… their educational and career goals can prevent the underachievement and underutilization ofgirls’
talents and help girls to achieve personal and professional success. In the remainder of this chap-
ter, we focus on educational prevention programs with Mexican American girls. …
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U.S. Olympic athlete, Mexican flag?
CNN
Most Mexican-Americans I know would need a whole team of therapists to sort out their views on culture, national identity, ethnic pride and their relationship with Mother Mexico. They’re the orphans of the Southwest — too Mexican for the Americans …
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The Mexican American Health Paradox: The Collective Influence of Sociocultural Factors on Hispanic Health Outcomes
MP George – Student Pulse, 2012
… professional behavior for lack of interest or when a physician, unfamiliar with Hispanic patients,
perceives Hispanics to be superstitious, present-oriented, or uninterested in preventive exams”
(p. 487). As a result of this disconnect between doctors and their Mexican American …
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Barrios to Burbs: The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class
JA Vallejo
… likely of all groups to be employed in middle(service and skilled blue collar jobs) to high status
occupations (professional, technical, white collar … The Mexican American poverty rate is slightly
lower than that of African Americans, and Mexican Americans barely surpass African …
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Mexican American First-Generation/Low-Income Students: A Rural Community College, TRiO Student Support Services Experience
DJ O’Meara – 2012
Page 1. Mexican American First-Generation/Low-Income Students: A Rural Community College,
TRiO Student Support Services Experience … Mexican American First-Generation/Low-Income
Students: A Rural Community College, TRiO Student Support Services Experience …
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ENGAGING MEXICAN AND MEXICANAMERICAN MOTHERS IN SCHOOLS: USING CULTURE, ACCULTURATION, AND THE SITUATIONAL THEORY OF PUBLICS TO MOTIVATE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
LC Perez – 2012
… Page 5. ENGAGING MEXICAN AND MEXICAN-‐AMERICAN MOTHERS IN SCHOOLS: USING
CULTURE, ACCULTURA-‐ … She helped me find a project that would combine my passions and
interests and would help me grow as a professional and as a person. …
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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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The workers’ camp versus Main Street: then and now in the Mexican-American neighborhoods of the non-metro Midwest
S Dieterlen – Journal of Urbanism: International Research on …, 2012
… characteristics that support this idea include the very high percentages of Mexican-American/
Spanish-language businesses and institutions, their adherence to local non-Hispanic white
appearance standards, the specialized businesses and professional services, the low …
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Use of Alternative Medicine for Weight Loss Among Mexican-American Women
NM Lindberg, VJ Stevens, C Elder, K Funk… – Journal of Immigrant and …, 2012
… Mexican-American women report using a wide range of CAM therapies for weight
loss. Under- standing their patterns of use will enhance cultural com- petence of health
care professionals and help address their medical needs. …
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