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An Anthology of Works Celebrating Black Voices, Identities, and Personhood
Since 2015, the Tengo Sed ("I am thirsty") Writers' Retreats have brought together African-descended people of diverse backgrounds and across disciplines to create works in an emancipatory space of knowledge and community. For editors Yndia Lorick-Wilmot and Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, Tengo Sed is the manifestation of the bonds created within the ......
A Developmental Framework for Whole-Body Integration
This book presents the Framework for Integration, a multi-faceted approach to understanding and refining human movement across daily life, the performing arts, and therapeutic contexts. Rooted in somatic and developmental perspectives, the Framework draws on the Alexander Technique, Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, Ken Wilber's Integral Theory, ......
Time and again, great athletes seem to do the impossible. Their skills amaze us. Their work ethic inspires awe. Their talent is next level. At the same time, an athlete's fame gives them a platform to speak out on important issues. With words and actions, a basketball star or Olympic legend can reach millions of people with their message. Athlete ......
My Odyssey Through Country Music, Medicine, and History
Beyond the Weeping Willow is the autobiography of country music recording artist and practicing cardiologist Cleve Francis. Born to a struggling family in the small town of Jennings, Louisiana, Cleveland Francis Jr. overcame numerous hurdles-through hard work and resolve-to become a respected and successful medical doctor and also one of the few ......
My Odyssey Through Country Music, Medicine, and History
Beyond the Weeping Willow is the autobiography of country music recording artist and practicing cardiologist Cleve Francis. Born to a struggling family in the small town of Jennings, Louisiana, Cleveland Francis Jr. overcame numerous hurdles-through hard work and resolve-to become a respected and successful medical doctor and also one of the few ......
Controversy and strong official disfavor failed to shake Duane Jeffery's tenacious efforts to fit the theory of evolution into the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Steven L. Peck traces Jeffery's life from his rural upbringing and training as a geneticist through a career marked by conflict around his dedication to ......
Controversy and strong official disfavor failed to shake Duane Jeffery's tenacious efforts to fit the theory of evolution into the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Steven L. Peck traces Jeffery's life from his rural upbringing and training as a geneticist through a career marked by conflict around his dedication to ......
How the Irish Diaspora Shaped Music in the Nineteenth-Century United States
This is a study of how Irish diaspora shaped musical practice in nineteenth-century America. Moving beyond a focus on the transmission of elements of Irish traditional music to music in the US, or the ways in which Irish Americans used US musical practices to negotiate identities in the New World, Sarah Gerk explores the role played by Irish ......
How the Irish Diaspora Shaped Music in the Nineteenth-Century United States
This is a study of how Irish diaspora shaped musical practice in nineteenth-century America. Moving beyond a focus on the transmission of elements of Irish traditional music to music in the US, or the ways in which Irish Americans used US musical practices to negotiate identities in the New World, Sarah Gerk explores the role played by Irish ......
