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 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 …
Link to dissertation
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. …
Link to theses
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 …
Link to dissertation
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. …
Link to abstract
New Spanish immersion program in Mexico, offers to take advantage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
San Francisco Chronicle
It’s obvious the bilateral relationship between Mexico and the United States is stronger than ever, but this will have impacts in both economies and cultures and a mexican Spanish school offers a competitive advantage for American professionals. Aiming …
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Effects of acculturation and ethnic identity level on ego identity development in second-generation Mexican American adolescents
AT Seminary,by Marisol Solarte Erlacher
… 27 State of Colorado, adolescents 15 years or older “may consent to receive mental health service
to be rendered by a facility or a professional person” (CRS 27-10-103). … All participants fit the
previously given criteria for second generation Mexican American. …
Link to thesis
Experience of Mexican-American Elders with Diabetes: A Phenomenological Study
EP Haltiwanger – Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 2012
… Complicating matters is the fact that health professionals may not feel comfortable
dealing with the psychosocial issues. … (2007) found that levels of distress were higher
than clinical depression in Mexican-American adults age 18–65.
Link to abstract
Empowering Young People to Be Critical Thinkers: The Mexican American Studies Program in Tucson
C Acosta… – Education for Liberation, 2012
… The Mexican American Student Services Team offers professional development meetings
throughout the school year; the Mexican American Student Services Summer Institute is a
four-day conference that provides Chicana/o studies-based lessons and units to implement at …
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Legally White, Socially “Mexican”: The Politics of De Jure and De Facto School Segregation in the American Southwest
R Donato… – Harvard Educational Review, 2012
… It carefully circumvented the issue of race and allowed the school district to segregate Mexican
American children based on their purported educational needs. The Salvatierra decision found
a way to dismiss race and defer to local educational professionals and their …
Link to abstract
Cultural Adaptation of a Cognitive Behavior Therapy Guided Self-Help Program for Mexican American Women With Binge Eating Disorders
M Shea, F Cachelin, L Uribe, RH Striegel… – Journal of Counseling & …, 2012
… Mexican American women who suffer from binge-eating-related disorders often report wanting
help for their eating problems, yet they rarely seek professional treatment because of personal
and institutional barriers (Cachelin & Striegel-Moore, 2006). …
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Mexican American Female Adolescents’ Perceptions of Relationships and Dating Violence
K Haglund, RA Belknap… – Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2012
… Clinical Scholarship. Mexican American Female Adolescents’ Perceptions of Relationships and
Dating Violence. … How to Cite. Haglund, K., Belknap, RA and Garcia, JT (2012), Mexican American
Female Adolescents’ Perceptions of Relationships and Dating Violence. …
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Women, Chefs and Professional Kitchens
Huffington Post (blog)
Heather Carlucci, chef at Print restaurant, Mona Talbott, founding director of the Rome Sustainable Food Project at the American Academy in Rome, Cheryl Smith, chef at Cheryl’s Global Soul, and Sue Torres, chef and owner at Sueños restaurant, …
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Lowrider Space: The Material Poetics and Spatial Politics of Mexican …
B Chappell – 2012
… Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chappell, Ben, 1971–- Lowrider space :
aesthetics and politics of Mexican American custom cars / Ben … x lowrider space come a
professional one, thanks especially to the family of Julio Chulín in Ix- tacomitán, Tabasco; the …
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Socioeconomic status and stress in Mexican–American women: a multi-method perspective
LC Gallo, S Shivpuri, P Gonzalez, AL Fortmann… – Journal of Behavioral …, 2012
… 0–8th grade, some high school (no diploma), high school graduate, some college, 4 year col-
lege degree, graduate or professional degree. … The scales were developed and validated in a
population-based sample of Mexican–American adults aged 25–64 years (Hazuda et al …
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Counter Intelligence: Bizarra Capital, a dreamland Mexican-style gastropub
Los Angeles Times
Like cleaning tripe or boning out whole chickens for ballotines, the preparation of huazontle is clearly best left to professionals. Bizarra Capital is a Mexican-flavored gastropub, the newest project of Ricardo Diaz, who is also behind the sandwich …
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Concepts of diabetes self-management in Mexican American and African American low-income patients with diabetes
EB Lynch, A Fernandez, N Lighthouse… – Health Education Research, 2012
… Concepts of diabetes self-management in Mexican American and African American
low-income patients with diabetes. … Relative to African Americans, Mexican American
participants were less educated and less likely to have health insurance. …
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Mexican-American and Puerto Rican Breast Cancer Survivors’ Perspectives on Exercise: Similarities and Differences
RA Treviño, L Vallejo, DC Hughes, V Gonzalez… – Journal of Immigrant and Minority …
… Table 1 Mexican-American Participant Characteristics Participant characteristics* … had completed
active treatment reported having sought help from other cancer survivors, personal supporters,
or from the internet in lieu of receiving information from health care professionals (Fig …
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USD Trains Mexican Lawyers For New Criminal Trial Process
Fronteras: The Changing America Desk
In the Tijuana hotel, law students from all over the state are preparing for a mock trial competition with their Mexican and American peers. There’s been plenty of resistance to this new way of running criminal trials among Mexican law professionals
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Consulate seeks to honor notable Mexicans in S.D. County
U-T San Diego
The Consulate of Mexico in San Diego plans to honor Mexicans and Mexican-Americans who have contributed to this region as part of its 133rd year in San Diego and the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla. It is seeking nominations through May 31 …
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