862 research outputs found
Article by Ronald Atkins
No full textPhotocopied article by Ronald Atkins about new releases by Mike Westbrook, Chris McGregor, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea and Edward Wilkerson. The author describes shortly each recording
What’s the Story? Issues of Diversity and Children’s Publishing in the U.K.
No full textAfter working for almost a decade as an editor of "multicultural" picture books in the United States (at Children's Book Press and Lee & Low Books), Laura Atkins developed a particular interest in how the publication process affects books written by authors of colour (or non-white authors as is more commonly said in the U.K.). Building on previous research, including her article published in "White Privilege and Children's Publishing: A Web 2.0 Case Study,” Write4Children (Web), she here focuses on issues of diversity, representation and storytelling in children’s books. After sharing some of her personal experiences as an editor, she then builds on author interviews, in the hope of ultimately allowing editors to explore their subjectivity and preferences, which shape the publishers’ catalogues.Ses quelques 10 ans d’expérience aux Etats-Unis en tant qu’éditrice de livres « multiculturels » de littérature jeunesse, chez Children’s Book Press et Lee & Low Books, ont amené Laura Atkins à s’interroger sur les effets et contraintes exercées par la publication en tant que « mécanisme » sur les livres d’auteurs de couleur (ou « non-blancs » selon la terminologie adoptée au RoY.A.ume-Uni). Dans la continuité de ses propres recherches (voir "White Privilege and Children's Publishing: A Web 2.0 Case Study,” Write4Children, Web), elle centre ici sa réflexion sur les problèmes de diversité ethnique, de représentation et de narration dans la littérature jeunesse contemporaine. Après un retour sur son parcours professionnel, Laura Atkins rassemble ici les fruits d’interviews d’auteurs dits de couleur, dans l’espoir d’amener ultérieurement les éditeurs et directeurs de collection à se pencher sur leur propre subjectivité
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Book Review: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi
No full textBook Review: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up / Written by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi / Illustrated by Yutaka Houlette / Heyday, 2017, 103 pp. / ISBN: 978-1597143684 / 2018 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor Book, Books for Older ChildrenThis material published in WOW Review is made available by the Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures, College of Education at the University of Arizona, and the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact [email protected], (520) 621-9340
2000 Sub-Librarians Meeting: Ace Atkins and M.C. Beaton
No full textThe Sub-Librarians planned and advertised a program with renowned science fiction and fantasy author Philip Jose Farmer. George Scheetz was instrumental in making that introduction. However, due to ill health, Farmer was unable to travel and had to cancel close to the program date.
However, on very short notice, Ace Atkins agreed to come to Chicago and speak to the group. Atkins had spoken to a very appreciative group of Sub-Librarians the previous year in New Orleans, and he gave another stellar performance in Chicago. He talked about his new book, Leaving\u27 Trunk Blues, which is another Nick Travers mystery, this one set in Chicago, from St. Martin\u27s Press.
St. Martin\u27s also stepped up and offered to have author M.C. Beaton join Ace as a speaker. M.C. Beaton is a pseudonym of Marion Chesney, who may be best known as the author of romance novels set during the English Regency. Her first detective story as M.C. Beaton came out for St. Martin\u27s in 1985. She has two series-one set in Scotland with Hamish Macbeth and one set in the Cotswolds with Agatha Raisin.
St. Martin\u27s generously provided copies of both authors\u27 books for signing after the program.
Marsha Pollak chaired the program, welcomed the audience, explained the change in speakers, called for toasts and introduced the authors
Adaptable lives: agency and accountability in a cancer cluster town
No full textThis dissertation provides an ethnographic account of the experiences of residents living within the cancer cluster town of Clyde, Ohio, where over 50 children have been diagnosed with or have died of cancers of the brain and central nervous system since the mid-1990s. My entry into the field coincided with the filing of a lawsuit against the town’s largest employer, a Whirlpool Corporation plant, after the discovery of nine feet of toxic PCB sludge at a former community recreational park built by the company. Drawing on in-depth interviews, archival documents, and government reports, I examine systems of power at work within the community that hamper a collective sense of community subpolitics. Using a grounded theoretical approach to analysis informed by risk theory, I discovered that community-level responses to risk echo national logics that promote the concepts of deterrence and avoidance of harm as matters of individual preventive choice. Within a cultural context where efforts towards pinpointing the toxins responsible for the elevated cancer rates in Clyde have failed and there exists an imperative for self-protection that is impossible to achieve, residents experience serious psychosocial and practical conflicts as they adapt to the impact of cancer on their families. Furthermore, although risk and awareness of risk have penetrated the dialog of everyday life, townspeople have largely adapted to risk as a way of life rather than working to eliminate it. Examples of this are seen in the modification of residents’ consumer and lifestyle choices, and the participation in an evolving system of support from the community’s schools, businesses, and churches. I offer a theoretical framework for understanding the process through which the community changed to accommodate risk rather than to substantially alter it. This research bridges sociology and public health, and responds to a long-standing call to incorporate social theory into social epidemiological studies. It advances both the understanding of the ways in which residents are influenced by interactions with the State, as well as the occurrence of collective community inaction in cases of environmental contamination.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2019-08-01The student, Laura Atkins, accepted the attached license on 2017-04-19 at 08:43.The student, Laura Atkins, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-04-19 at 09:25.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-04-21 at 10:03.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #10884 on 2017-09-29 at 11:13:00Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-29T16:38:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Dora Atkins Blackburn Correspondence
No full textThis manuscript is a two-page letter to Dora Atkins Blackburn from Arthur T. Long in Los Angeles, CA, written on April 20, 1937. It begins, "Dear Dora Oma: Do I have it spelled correctly? The little girl I used to know was called, I recall, Doroma which I thought a rather pretty name but I am trying to remember that little girl is now Dora Oma." The reason for the letter is that the author had come across an article in Opportunity about Dora Oma Atkins in her flower shop, the flower girl of Indianapolis.8.5 x 11 incheshttp://www.indianahistory.org/contact/contact.as
Barrett, Laura. North River. Photograph of woman sitting on chair outside house.
No full textEva Atkins (related to Florence Bradbury - maybe cousins) sitting outside by fence
Using Biology to Diet: An Exposé on the Atkins Diet
No full textabstract: This paper explores the well-known Atkins Diet, as it also places a strong regulation on macromolecule consumption, specifically carbohydrates, in order to assist with the weight loss process. A review of available literature will be used to investigate: the history of the diet, necessity of macromolecule consumption, the impact this has on the individual biochemical pathways (glycolysis/gluconeogenesis) and the microbiome as a whole, as well as overall success rates and long-term health complications/benefits. Additionally personal statements from various individuals who have experience with the diet, myself included, will be incorporated into a holistic analysis of the effectiveness and longevity of the Atkins weight-loss strategy. (abstract
Thomas and Julie Burden Family
No full textBack row, left to right: Warren Burden (5th child), Ida Bell (Riggle) Burden (Warren's wife), Luella (Burden) Atkins (2nd child), Zenas Warren (husband of Laura), Laura (Burden) Warren (3rd child), William Atkins (husband of Lois), John Burden (4th child), Ella (Baxter) Burden (wife of John). Front row, left to right: Fred Thompson (husband of Nellie), Nellie (Burden) Thompson (7th child), Thomas (father) Burden, Henry Atkins (husband of Luella) Julia (mother) Burden, Lois (Burden) Atkins (1st child), William Burden (6th child). Picture believed to have been taken about 1892 in Portland, Oregon.124.778 K
Skinner, Laura A.
No full textA. B. Atkins - sonhttps://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-ch-memoranda-1910/1000/thumbnail.jp
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