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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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iTWire
Back in December, the Mexican-American stand-up comedian Louis CK did something that was way out of left field. He had one of his shows recorded by professionals and put it online for sale. No big companies involved, no trimmings. And no DRM.
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JA Jiménez, S Shivpuri, KE de los Monteros… – Annals of Behavioral …, 2012
… Spanish-speaking Mexican-American women evidenced an inverse gradient similar to
non-Hispanic white and African-American popula- tions [5 … the border is a permeable boundary
that is frequently crossed for social, educational, healthcare, commerce, or professional reasons …
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A Kárai
… Background to Research: Text and Context in Recent Chicana/o Literary Narratives
On professional forums both home and abroad, I am often asked what makes me
interested in Mexican American culture, of all things. I could …
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S Reicherzer… – International Journal of Transgenderism, 2012
… A Multiple Case Study Examination of Resiliency Factors for Mexican and Mexican-American
Transsexual Women. … for gaining a scope of the problems experienced by the transgender
community, it does very little to inform social and mental health service professionals of the
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MR Finley, J Becho, RL Macias, RC Wood… – 2012
… Variables Mexican American (n = 100) Age, mean ± SD 70.1 ± 7.9 Gender, n (%) Male 42 (42.0%)
Female 58 (58.0%) Education, n (%) Grade 10 or less 37 (37.0%) 10th Grade 63 (63.0%)
Professional/nonprofessional occupation 34 (34.0%) Health, n (%)∗ Good or excellent …
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MarketWatch (press release)
MEXICO CITY, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Grupo Elektra, SAB de CV (bmv:ELEKTRA*)(latibex:XEKT), Latin America’s leading financial services company and specialty retailer, announced today the successful completion of the acquisition of …
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CounterPunch
The term pocho is well known among Chicanos or Mexican Americans. It has been used for generations by Mexicans to describe Mexicans living in the United States. Pocho can be a pejorative term that varies according to who is using it
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Fresno Bee
“But that is something we want to change,” she said. Wednesday’s airport reception was aimed at travel and tourism professionals to show off what Mexico has to offer to leisure travelers. “Mexico has architecture, art, food, culture, music.
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RA Santillan, MA Ocegueda, TA Cannon… – 2012
… While some attention is given to the rise of individual professional and major-league players,
the emphasis rests on the celebration of ethnic identity and community solidarity that Mexican
American baseball leagues provided Inland Empire barrios. …
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HFS Kao… – Journal of Nursing Scholarship
… Mexican American families highly value their elders, family loyalty toward older relatives among
this population has not been thor- oughly investigated. An examination of the dynamics that affect
eldercare among Mexican Americans will help healthcare professionals determine …
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Houston Chronicle
The Color Stylist, an online beauty magazine celebrates Mexican American actresses Jessica Alba, Eva Longoria, Selena Gomez and Salma Hayek for their long healthy locks. With Cinco De Mayo approaching, the editor of thecolorstylist.com, a hairstylist …
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Washington Post
Cinco de Mayo may be an annual excuse for parties with tequila shots and oversize sombreros, but it’s also a night to sample Mexican cuisine and fancy cocktails; network with Latino professionals over a mariachi band; listen to Spanish-language rock or …
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