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Issues in the Use of Cochlear Implants with Prelingually Deaf Children
Authors: Vernon McCay , Alles Catherine D.
Published: April 2014

Approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration with deaf adults and prelingually deafened children above age two, the success of cochlear implants lacks supporting independent evaluative documentation. Allen et al (1993) compared hearing thresholds of profoundly deaf children with and without implants. Children with implants had an unaided threshold of 109.8 dB, which improved with the implant to 56.0 dB. Children without implants had an unaided threshold of 105.1 dB, which improved to 61.8 dB with conventional aids. Pure tone thresholds of 56.0 dB or 61.8 dB does not mean a child can process speech at that level. Lennenberg’s critical stage theory (1967) represents the theoretical rationale for early implanting of prelingually deaf children. The flaw in this rationale rests on the fact that prelingually deaf children would not be acquiring English as a second language, even if the implant gave them adequate perception of English. There are strong, legitimate reasons to question the experimental implantation of prelingually deaf children, just as there are factual reasons to support it that should be considered by parents along with the possible benefits.
A Case Study In Planning Staff Development: What Do Teachers Really Need?
Authors: Allen Bobbie M.
Published: April 2014

Through individual interviews and small focus groups, teachers, support staff, parents, students and administrators participated in a training needs assessment (TNA). The purpose of the TNA was to seek information about actual or current performance of teachers signing skills, the optimal performance desired, feelings, causes of performance problems and possible solutions from a variety of perspectives. All TNA participants provided information about how the program may help to motivate, facilitate and enhance teacher’ communication skills in the classroom. The use of the TNA was an effort to collaborate with teachers rather than criticize them for their level of signing skills. The case study demonstrated that staff development alone was not the remedy for performance problems and that other factors contributed to teacher performance.
‘I am Goan [not] Indian’: Postcolonial Ruptures in the South Asian Diaspora
Authors: Rajiva Mythili , D’Sylva Andrea
Published: April 2014

Les chercheurs postcoloniaux ont théorisé la colonisation comme une expérience complexe et contradictoire de formation du sujet pour les colonisés; malgré ce qui n’est souvent que manifestation stratégique de mimétisme, ces derniers en sont venus à se voir comme inférieurs ou comme marqués par une identité plurielle façonnée par des exigences multiples et en compétition les unes avec les autres. Il n’est cependant pas clair que l’expérience de tous les groupes colonisés aient expérimenté cette forme d’ambivalence et d’hostilité envers leurs anciens colonisateurs. Dans cet article, nous étudions les identités postcoloniales d’un sous-groupe particulier de la diaspora sud-asiatique : les Goanais catholiques au Canada. À partir d’entrevues qualitatives menées auprès de treize Goanaises catholiques du grand Toronto, nous démontrons qu’on a pas assez porté d’attention à la multiplicité d’identités qui peut émerger de contextes coloniaux. Par exemple, certaines de nos participantes ont raconté comment elles accueillaient et même célébraient ce qui en elle relevait de l’influence portugaise. Encore plus intéressant, plusieurs d’entre elles ont montré une plus grande affinité avec l’apport européen (l’anglais, le catholicisme comme religion dominante et des traditions culturelles occidentales) qu’avec les indicateurs culturels «indiens». Actuellement, une partie notable de l’expression de leur identité chez quelques participantes est le fait de se définir comme Goanaises et non comme Indiennes. Dans cette présentation, nous explorons comment les distinctions du Moi/Autre nées sous la double colonisation du souscontinent, la portugaise et la britannique, restent des traits essentiels des identités postcoloniales de la disposa sud-asiatique.
Canadian Immigration Policy: Micro and Macro Issues with the Points Based Assessment System
Authors: Anwar Arif
Published: April 2014

C’est dans le but d’attirer de nouveaux immigrants qualifiés qui remplissent les besoins de la main d’œuvre dans tout le pays que le Canada a adopté depuis 1967 une politique d’immigration partiellement basée sur un système d’évaluation à points (ÉP). Contrairement à celle des États-Unis axée sur les employeurs, la politique canadienne permet à des immigrants potentiels d’évaluer leurs chances de succès dans le marché du travail domestique à partir de l’ÉP et, une fois qu’ils ont été acceptés, de venir au Canada sans s’être auparavant assurés d’un emploi. Je retrace les raisons historiques et économiques sous-jacentes au développement de cette politique actuelle, ainsi qu’à ce système basé sur un calcul de points, et j’examine les défauts de l’ÉP dans son respect des normes d’évaluation telles que la fiabilité et une validité conceptuelle. J’en conclus que les micro-problèmes de l’ÉP sont symptomatiques d’une politique générale d’immigration canadienne qui n’est ni tenable, ni équitable dans sa démarche envers les travailleurs étrangers qualifiés.
The Role of Ethno-Cultural Organizations in Immigrant Integration: A Case Study of the Bulgarian Society in Western Canada
Authors: Jurkova Sinela
Published: April 2014

La recherche sur les migrations internationales vit un grand débat autour de la question de savoir si les immigrants/immigrés bénéficient de leur attachement à des organisations ethniques. Cette étude vise à contribuer à ce débat en explorant la nature, les buts et les fonctions d’une telle association ethno-culturelle dans une ville de l’Ouest canadien – la Bulgarian Society. À partir de concepts théoriques qui voient une source de capital social dans ces organisations, nous étudions chez leurs membres et non-membres, d’une part, leur expérience économique et socio-culturelle et leur attachement ethnique, et, d’autre part, comment les immigrés y ont recours pour nourrir et exprimer leur identité et leurs valeurs, obtenir de se faire accepter socialement, atteindre leurs buts personnels et influer sur leur sens d’appartenance. La recherche actuelle prend aussi en compte le rôle et la fonction de petites communautés ethniques telles que celle des Bulgares dans un environnement urbain. Les résultats donnent à penser que ceux qui sont arrivés dans les vagues récentes d’immigration passent par une période d’adaptation, qu’ils soient ou non membres de leur société. Ils s’intègrent parallèlement à tous les niveaux en devenant des acteurs insignes dans le domaine économique ainsi que social. Cependant, leur appréciation d’une collectivité ethnique et du fait d’appartenir à son organisation est surtout symbolique et émotionnelle. Qu’ils en soient membres ou non, ils voient leur Société comme une source de réseautage et de mémoire culturelle, plutôt que comme un facteur essentiel de leur intégration.
Power, Immigration and the “Prescribed Amount” Rule: The Canadian Government and the Syrians in the Early Twentieth Century
Authors: Aboud Brian
Published: April 2014

Un règlement gouvernemental prescrivant que les immigrants «asiatiques» aient avec eux un montant minimum d’argent pour entrer au Canada, est fut intégré à un assemblage d’instruments et de procédures établis par l’État canadien au début du vingtième siècle pour limiter l’immigration en provenance d’Asie. Parmi ces «Asiatiques», les Syriens furent particulièrement affectés par ce règlement. En 1911-1912, ils ont contesté cette mesure de contrôle. Ce fut un tournant important pour l’action politique du groupe syrien et en termes de sa relation de pouvoir avec l’État. Cette action d’opposition était pourtant sérieusement limitée. Elle s’objectait au mode d’exécution de la règlementation du «montant prescrit», ainsi que de ses présuppositions sur les Syriens. Elle a cependant aussi manifesté son alignement avec la façon générale de penser concernant les populations, les «races» et les immigrants «souhaitables» qui donnaient une base justificatrice aux pratiques du pouvoir d’État. Cet article examine cet épisode de tension et de contention dans les rapports entre l’État et les Syriens dans le cas canadien, dans le but d’y approfondir la compréhension des relations de pouvoir dans le domaine de l’immigration.
Le sentiment d’appartenance chez les immigrants francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick
Authors: Benimmas Aïcha , Boutouchent Fadila , Kamano Lamine , Bourque Jimmy
Published: April 2014

The purpose of this article is to explore self-image, sense of belonging and national and culture pride of Francophone immigrants in New Brunswick. These issues reflect both the positive and negative experiences faced by immigrants in their migration paths. Fourteen immigrants, men and women from different countries, have voluntarily responded to a semi-structured interview on these issues. The results show that self-image differs depending on the lived experience of integration. If the sense of belonging in Canada varies between affirmed, non-exclusive and unfinished, that expressed in relation to the Acadian ranges from affirmed, missing and mixed. The strong ethnocultural identity expressed by almost all respondents did not prevent them from displaying a moderate sense of national pride in relation to the host country.
Evidence on the Economic Burden of Repeat Malaria Episodes among Households in Rural Uganda
Authors: Kiiza Barnabas A. , Pederson Glenn D.
Published: April 2014

Propensity score matching is used to investigate the economic burden of repeat episodes of malaria in rural Uganda on farm incomes and household food consumption expenditures. We also examine the impacts of: expenditure on mosquito bed-nets on the number of malaria episodes and access to microcredit on expenditures to prevent the disease. The findings show that annual farm income declines by about 50% due to severe frequent malaria episodes and the household expenditure on animal protein foods declines by 34%. Repeat malaria episodes among children and adults decline among users of bed nets by about 29% and 41%, respectively. Improved access to microcredit alleviates household liquidity constraints and enables households to increase their investment in preventive measures by over 62%. The results show that after controlling for household characteristics, malaria places a significant economic burden on rural households.
The Preston-Curve and the Contribution of Health to Economic Well-Being: Evidence From the DHS of India and Four African Countries
Authors: Husain Muhammad Jami
Published: April 2014

The objective of this paper is two-fold: (a) to corroborate Preston’s cross-country macro-level findings with the micro-level evidence from the demographic and health surveys (DHS); and (b) to examine, at the within-country regional level, the impact that health improvements may have had on economic well-being. Two cases of empirical findings are presented: one using the DHS data for the states of India, and the other using DHS data for a group of four African countries: Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. For India, the regional level joint evolution of longevity and wealth index produced the Preston curves that resemble the one conventionally produced using cross-country macro-level data. Also, we find positive and elastic impact of life expectancy on economic outcome. The findings are different for the African countries. The Preston curves are flat in most cases, with large downward shifts postulating the existence of significant exogenous shocks for the health conditions. The regression estimates for the African countries show a positive but inelastic impact of the increase in life expectancy on wealth index.
Bank Efficiency in Africa
Authors: Oluitan Roseline
Published: April 2014

This study examines the efficiency of the financial sector in African countries. It aims to investigate if “The financial institutions are capable of distributing the economic resources efficiently”. Empirical evidence supports a sound intermediation process and efficiency in the banking system (Vittas, 1991; Howard & Haynes, 2001). In this paper, the cost function is estimated with the use of a single-output and multi-input approach for the analysis. The output consists of loans, other earning assets and non-interest revenue which are used individually for the estimation. The input is deemed to be made up of capital, deposits and labour (overhead). The analysis is further extended by calculating the x-inefficiency which is found to be within the range of 24 - 26%. The study made postulations in respect of the causes for the inefficiency and the possible remedies. The study comprises of Commercial banks from about forty seven African countries for a period of ten years.
Decomposition of Gender Wage Differentials in Iran: An Empirical Study Based on Household Survey Data
Authors: Razavi Seyed Moaven , Habibi Nader
Published: April 2014

In this study we investigate the magnitude of wage discrimination against women in the Iranian labor market by decomposing the male-female wage differential into differences in human capital and wage discrimination. We use the Oaxaca decomposition model in our econometric investigation. In our empirical analysis we use Iran’s Household Expenditure and Household Survey (HEIS) data for years 2002 and 2005. Our descriptive analysis suggested a generally low participation of women in labor market in both years. The Oaxaca decomposition model results suggest that in both, public and private, sectors a significant share of wage differentials is attributable to discrimination. Furthermore the gender difference in the quality of labor force (human capital) is estimated to be approximately equal and in some cases even superior for women. Oaxaca decomposition for separate skill categories suggests that wage discrimination for specialists and scientists category is relatively smaller than for less skilled employees.
The Determinants of Bid-Ask Spread in the Guyanese FX Market
Authors: Khemraj Tarron , Pasha Sukrishnalall
Published: April 2014

Utilizing the method of generalized least squares (GLS), the paper investigates the factors which determine bid-ask spread in the foreign exchange (FX) market of Guyana. The econometric exercise is based on a rich dataset of trading volumes as well as the buying and selling exchange rates for each cambio (or trader) from January 2000 to December 2007. The main findings are: (i) a positive relationship between a measure of market power and spread; (ii) a positive relationship between hoarding of FX and spread; and (iii) a strong positive association between risk and spread. The key contribution of this paper to the literature is the evidence that traders have the ability to influence the BAS , and by extension the exchange rate.
Is Monetary Policy Non-Linear in Latin America?: A Quantile Regression Approach to Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru
Authors: Miles William , Schreyer Samuel
Published: April 2014

There is a growing literature on nonlinear monetary policy in industrialized countries. These investigations have revealed that the reaction of central banks to economic variables depends on the level of such variables, confirming the nonlinearity of policy in the industrialized world. Researching whether monetary policy is nonlinear in Latin America, however, is hampered by the lack of data as stable monetary regimes have existed in many Latin American nations for only about fifteen years. We investigate monetary policy for four Latin American nations with quantile regression. Quantile regression does not require the additional parameters of traditional switching or threshold models; thus quantile regression can reveal nonlinearities without the long data span typically required in Markov Switching or Threshold estimation. Our results indicate that all of the nations display nonlinearities. For three, Chile, Mexico and Peru, policy becomes systematically tighter as the level of inflation rises, mirroring results found previously for the US and Japan.
The Informal Economy of Veracruz State During the Fox Administration
Authors: Brock Gregory , Tian Jie , Yarbrough Robert
Published: April 2014

Using recently available night lights and electricity consumption data for the 212 municipios (counties) of Veracruz state in southern Mexico, the informal economy is analyzed at the Mexican county level for the first time with such data. Most counties between 2000 and 2006 are found to have growing informal economies though the richest county, Boca Del Rio, exhibits a decline in informality suggesting a few wealthier counties may behave differently. Counties have a larger formal economy if they are in northern areas, have higher literacy rates, and more indigenous people. The informal economy appears to have reversed its declining share of total economic activity towards more growth during the Fox era though the regional government of Veracruz remained in the hands of the PRI perhaps limiting federal reform efforts.
Terms of Trade Instability and Output Growth in Bolivia
Authors: Toledo Hugo
Published: April 2014

This study examines the empirical hypothesis that there is a negative relationship between terms of trade instability and output growth. The instability in the terms of trade is measured by the price variance of three export commodities for Bolivia. Results confirm the hypothesis that terms of trade instability and output growth have an inverse relationship. Since the terms of trade affect the value of tradable components of output, fluctuations in the terms of trade caused by exports price instability are likely to lead to fluctuations in output.
Malaysia’s Proactive Economic Zone Regime as a Model to Emulate for Success of Bangladesh Economic Zone Scheme
Authors: Alam Mahmudul , Molla Rafiqul Islam , Murad Wahid
Published: April 2014

Economic zone or export processing zone in a country is a purpose-built industrial park with infrastructure designed to suit the needs of foreign as well as local investors. In order to tempt foreign investors into the zones the host developing countries offer a variety of incentives. By encouraging and motivating the multinational companies to settle their Greenfield investments in developing countries, the economic zone scheme acts as a tool for empowering the local economy to gain multiple capabilities and go global increasingly to facilitate income convergence between the industrialized and the developing countries through equitable sharing of the gains from trade. Nonetheless, it is not a magic wand. Its experiences in Malaysia and Bangladesh clearly show that it can create wonder only when it is appropriately designed and managed. It is suggested that Bangladesh borrows a leaf from the rich experiences of Malaysia’s economic zone model, to restructure and revitalize her economic zone scheme for greater success.
The Identity Economics of Female Genital Mutilation
Authors: Coyne Christopher J. , Coyne Rachel L.
Published: April 2014

Female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or complete excision of external female genitalia and other damage to the female genital organs. This paper develops the identity economics of FGM as a complement to the agency-cost explanation provided by previous rational choice theorists. We analyze how identity influences the costs and benefits associated with participation in FGM, offering insight into the persistence of the practice, as well as what changing the practice entails. Our analysis also explains some of the counterintuitive phenomena associated with FGM, such as older circumcised females being the main gatekeepers who perpetuate the practice.
Inequality in Carbon Emissions at Sub-National Level in India
Authors: Arora Rashmi Umesh
Published: April 2014

In this study using standard measures of inequality such as Gini coefficient, Kakwani Index, coefficient of variation and Theil Index we examine inequality in carbon emissions for the years 2000-09 at the sub-national level covering 17 major states of India. At the outset, in order to estimate sub-national inequality in carbon emissions we also estimated total carbon emissions for each state for the above years using IPCC Reference Approach. Our findings showed that per capita carbon emissions were highest in the low income resource rich states and lower in the high income more developed states. The inequality in carbon emissions as demonstrated by Gini coefficients has increased over the years indicating that it is the poorer states which have to bear the burden.
Threshold Effects of Technological Regimes for the Stochastic Frontier Model
Authors: Chen Ku-Hsieh , Ghosh Soumendra N.
Published: April 2014

In the domain of measuring productivity, the stochastic frontier (SF) model has advanced in leaps and bounds and attracted a large amount of academic attention. Inherently, the model utilises input/output combinations of production units as references to construct a frontier for measuring efficiency. Silent curiosity has followed the model for years in regard to whether all the units actually share an identical technology, or more specifically, how many technological groups should be included in the sample observations. This study directly spotlights the perplexity by employing econometric concepts and techniques to make the data talk and to show the due grouping points. Using the computer, communications, and audio and video electronics products manufacturing sectors during 2001 in Taiwan as the sample, the empirical work revealed that the production possibility set of the sample industry should be divided into six regimes, namely micro, micro–small, small, moderate–medium, medium, and large enterprises. For the smallest- and largest-scale firm groups, the size–efficiency nexus is proven to be positive, while for the micro-small firm group, smaller is more efficient than larger. It is also implied that under the appropriate segmentation framework, the size–efficiency nexus has been confirmed as not monotonic in nature and depending on firm size.
Chauncey Leake and the Development of Bioethics in America
Authors: Brody Howard
Published: April 2014

Chauncey D. Leake (1896–1978) occupies a unique place in the history of American bioethics. A pharmacologist, he was largely an autodidact in both history and philosophy, and believed that ethics should ideally be taught to medical students by those with philosophical training. After pioneering work on medical ethics during the 1920s, he helped to lay the groundwork for important centers for bioethics and medical humanities at two institutions where he worked, the University of California-San Francisco and the University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston. Understanding Leake’s role in American bioethics requires navigating a number of paradoxes—why he was described respectfully in his time but largely forgotten today; how in the 1920s he could write forward-looking pieces that anticipated many of the themes taken up by bioethics a half-century later, yet played largely a reactionary role when the new bioethics actually arrived; and why he advocated turning to philosophy and philosophers for a proper understanding of ethics, yet appeared often to misunderstand philosophical ethics.
Horse Fantasies
Authors: Derry Alice
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
House of Wigs
Authors: Wells Jonathan
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
The Sky in the Glass-Topped Table
Authors: Evans Elizabeth
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Blame Game
Authors: Purkert Ben
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
What Happened to Us?
Authors: Chaon Dan
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Reading, and: Writing
Authors: Duhamel Denise
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Go-Between
Authors: Rock Peter
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
To One Waiting to Be Born, and: When I Lie Down, and: Prayer for a Slow Death
Authors: Black Malachi
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Hungry
Authors: McCracken Elizabeth
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
About Jean Thompson: A Profile by Ladette Randolph
Authors: Randolph Ladette
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
What Is Left Here
Authors: Frank Rebecca Morgan
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Please and Thank You
Authors: Sanders Tony
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
The Meat Place
Authors: Chinquee Kim
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
At Kohl's Department Store
Authors: McGlynn Karyna
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Welcome to Hell: A Plan B Essay by Jesse Lee Kercheval
Authors: Kercheval Jesse Lee
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Sublimation
Authors: Haigh Jennifer
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
The Sacred Harp Book
Authors: Sunderlin Jacob
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Morning Song I, and: Fell
Authors: Choi Jae
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Aurora Perpetua
Authors: McGrath Campbell
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Chessboard & Cornucopia: Forty Years of Invisible Cities : A Look2 Essay by John Domini
Authors: Domini John
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
To the Language Spoken in the Country of Urgency
Authors: Hilles Rick
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Seizure
Authors: Trump Donna
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Ghost Lessons, and: The Monastery
Authors: Nordgren Sarah Rose
Published: April 2014

Acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Jean Thompson (The Year We Left Home) guest-edits this issue of prose and poetry. As she writes in her introduction, "The thing that gives me hope for the enterprise of writing is the incredible variety and vigor of the terrain." With poets ranging from Erin Belieu to the Uruguayan Tatiana Orono, and stories that move from the eerie (Peter Rock's dreamlike story of a mysterious stalker, "Go-Between") to the comic (Elizabeth McCracken's story "Hungry," about an overweight young girl) to the tragic (Dan Chaon's "What Happened to Us," about a family transformed by fostering a disturbed child), Thompson's issue celebrates writers as they "grapple or dance with the world we live in, reflect or distort it, embrace or escape it." The issue also features Jesse Lee Kercheval's Plan B essay about learning to play the accordion ("Welcome to Hell"), and an exploration of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities by John Domini.
Rethinking Buenos Aires Theatre in the Wake of 2001 and Emerging Structures of Resistance and Resilience
Authors: Graham-Jones Jean
Published: April 2014

This essay considers the many Buenos Aires theatrical and sociocultural performances arising out of and in response to Argentina’s early-twenty-first-century socioeconomic crisis. It first turns to strictly theatrical examples from the crisis before moving to what have been called “social and cultural performances,” and then finally examining the convergence of the theatrical and the sociocultural in two twenty-first-century theatrical phenomena: the success of the Buenos Aires festival Teatroxlaidentidad (Theatreforidentity), founded and organized by the children of the 1976–83 dictatorship’s disappeared; and the rapid and sustained development of the teatro comunitario (community-based theatre) movement. All stand as potential models for horizontalist, self-generative approaches to cultural practices that accompany the political, economic, and social restructuring attempted in response to crisis, and thus they encourage us to rethink the relationship between theatrical and sociocultural performances, and to reexamine the complexities in such a relationship. Performance’s very fluidity renders it a particularly fruitful venue for reconsidering economic and cultural modes of production across the geographic landscape of a rapidly transforming national capital.