Author: Janine Joseph Publisher: Alice James Books ISBN: 1938584384 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 96
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"Janine Joseph writes with an open and easy intimacy. The language here is at once disruptive and familiar, political and sensual, and tinged by the melancholy of loss and the discomforting radiance of redemption. A strong debut." —Chris Abani The best way to hide is in plain sight. In this politically-charged and candid debut, we follow the chronicles of an illegal immigrant speaker over a twenty-year span as she grows up in the foreign and forbidding landscape of America. From "Ivan, Always Hiding": I strained for the socket as you pulled me, my bare legs against your legs in the windowless dark. The room, snuffed out, could have been no larger than a freight car, no smaller than a box van; we couldn't tell anymore, the glints in the shellacked floor, too, were dulled. This is like death, you said, always joking. I slid my head into the crook of your neck, and didn't disagree. Raised in the Philippines and California, Janine Joseph holds an MFA from New York University and a PhD from the University of Houston. Her poems have appeared in the Kenyon Review Online, Best New Poets, Hayden's Ferry Review, and elsewhere. Her libretto "From My Mother's Mother" was performed as part of the Houston Grand Opera's "Song of Houston: East + West" series. A Kundiman and Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow, she is an assistant professor of English at Weber State University.
Author: Janine Joseph Publisher: Alice James Books ISBN: 1948579391 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 131
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In the deeply personal Decade of the Brain, Janine Joseph writes of a newly-naturalized American citizen who suffers from post-concussive memory loss after a major auto accident. The collection is an odyssey of what it means to recover—physically and mentally—in the aftermath of trauma and traumatic brain injury, charting when “before” crosses into “after.” Through connected poems, buckling and expansive syntax, ekphrasis, and conjoined poetic forms, Decade of the Brain remembers and misremembers hospital visits, violence and bodily injury, intimate memories, immigration status, family members, and the self. After the accident I turned out all of the lights in the room while I watched, concussed, from the mirror. I edged like a fever with nothing on the tip of my tongue.
Author: K. Patrick McDonald Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing ISBN: 9781457531804 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 296
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At one point during our lunch the famous Sonny Bono asked, "So in other words, we've reached a point where a rescuer can't say 'screw the rules' and just do the right thing?" Not in other words, Sonny. Those are the perfect words. Immutable Law #2 Saving lives is not our priority. Following our policies is our priority. Protecting ourselves comes next. Avoiding lawsuits comes third. You come somewhere after that. * * * I was not even out of school before I witnessed my first doctor commit murder. It would not be my last - Lord, no - but I can recall that night as vividly as though it happened last week. Few medics forget their first physician homicide. * * * The ugly truth is some of the most macho medics on the planet turn into complete lollipops in the presence of an arrogant, incompetent physician. No matter how you parse it, that is professional cowardice. * * * K. Patrick McDonald is a graduate of UCSD La Jolla School of Medicine original Advanced Field Medicine program. He was appointed the first EMS Supervisor for the City of San Diego under Mayor (and then Governor) Pete Wilson's administration. He created one of the nation's first STAR (Special Trauma & Rescue) Teams and co-authored the San Diego City Disaster Preparedness Plan. He was a co-author of the National Waterpark Lifeguard Training Manual. He has acted as consultant to the U.S. Secret Service in Presidential Protection matters. He writes, "After 30 years of occasionally saving lives, I learned that by writing and speaking, I can do more good for more citizens, while tolerating far fewer medical-political snollygosters." (For more on this fascinating subject, visit www.ParamedicHeretic.com)
Author: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062825607 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 307
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An NPR Best Book of the Year A 2020 International Latino Book Award Finalist An Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, and LitHub Most Anticipated Book of the Year This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United States recounts the sorrows and joys of a family torn apart by draconian policies and chronicles one young man’s attempt to build a future in a nation that denies his existence. “You were not a ghost even though an entire country was scared of you. No one in this story was a ghost. This was not a story.” When Marcelo Hernandez Castillo was five years old and his family was preparing to cross the border between Mexico and the United States, he suffered temporary, stress-induced blindness. Castillo regained his vision, but quickly understood that he had to move into a threshold of invisibility before settling in California with his parents and siblings. Thus began a new life of hiding in plain sight and of paying extraordinarily careful attention at all times for fear of being truly seen. Before Castillo was one of the most celebrated poets of a generation, he was a boy who perfected his English in the hopes that he might never seem extraordinary. With beauty, grace, and honesty, Castillo recounts his and his family’s encounters with a system that treats them as criminals for seeking safe, ordinary lives. He writes of the Sunday afternoon when he opened the door to an ICE officer who had one hand on his holster, of the hours he spent making a fake social security card so that he could work to support his family, of his father’s deportation and the decade that he spent waiting to return to his wife and children only to be denied reentry, and of his mother’s heartbreaking decision to leave her children and grandchildren so that she could be reunited with her estranged husband and retire from a life of hard labor. Children of the Land distills the trauma of displacement, illuminates the human lives behind the headlines and serves as a stunning meditation on what it means to be a man and a citizen.
Author: ICBC Publisher: ICBC ISBN: Category : Study Aids Languages : en Pages : 177
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Whether you are new to British Columbia, taking a re-examination, or brushing up on your driving skills, the Learn to Drive Smart guide gives you the basic information to help you drive safely. The guide will also help you prepare for the knowledge test, and Class 7 and Class 5 road tests. * Google Play may require a credit card to activate your account. ICBC does not collect your credit card information and the driving guides are free. Please see Google Play Terms of Service for more information.
Author: Shawn Dominy Publisher: ISBN: 9781736873205 Category : Languages : en Pages : 49
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Nobody anticipates being charged with DUI (called 'OVI' in Ohio). When it happens, people have a lot of questions. This guide is designed to answer those questions. If you have been charged with OVI in Ohio, the first thing you should do is educate yourself about OVI cases and OVI lawyers. This guide is a great way to do that.By reading this book, you will have the information you need before going to court. You will learn what the prosecution must prove for an OVI conviction and the possible defenses to OVI. You will also learn the consequences of an OVI conviction. You will become familiar with the evidence in OVI cases, and you will know what to expect in the court process.You will also receive the information you need before making decisions about your OVI case. This guide provides a framework to help you decide if you are going to fight the OVI and whether you want a lawyer. If you choose to hire a lawyer, this guide contains resources for researching lawyers, criteria to evaluate their qualifications, and questions to ask when you speak with them.With this valuable information, you will be equipped to make well-informed decisions about how to handle your OVI case.
Author: State of State of Maine Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 102
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How does this work?Everyone jokes about the ferocity of Maine winters, but driving in them is no laughing matter, which is why in order to get your driver's permit, you need to thoroughly study this: the Maine Driver's Handbook. Even if you've lived in Maine your entire life, there are probably things you don't know, and this latest version, which we pull directly from the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles page, contains only the very latest in laws and regulations. Once you feel comfortable with the handbook information, you can start practicing with our free Maine permit practice tests, so that you'll be prepared for the real exam. Finally, it'll be time to schedule the exam, and soon, you'll have a Maine driver's permit of your very own!
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