Touch Your Research Articles

“Don’t touch your face”---Effectiveness of a health communication intervention on reducing face-touching behaviors

Given the risk of infection through face-touching behaviors, investigators have called for more research into the development of interventions to reduce the frequency of face-touching. The current study aims to test the effectiveness of messages on reducing face-touching behaviors. Nine different messages that highlighted the risk of face-touching were developed. Study 1, an online survey-experiment with a national sample of US adults (N=998), examined message-, risk perceptions, and face-touching-related behavioral intentions. The most promising messages identified in study 1 were then tested in study 2, a follow-up behavioral observation study with a class of undergraduate students. Students' face-touching behaviors were observed during a 4-week period when intervention versus control messages were displayed in the classroom. Four messages performed better in study 1, 2 of which were selected to test the actual message effectiveness in study 2. Study 2 results showed that on average, students touched their faces less frequently when a "Don't touch your face" message was present, although such decrease was not statistically significant. Having reminder messages of "Don't touch your face" in public spaces holdthe potential to be a low-cost, effective strategy to reduce face-touching behaviors.

Can Virtual Art Touch Your Heart?—The Impact of Virtual Reality Art on Affect Considering Individual Characteristics and Aesthetic Experiences

Since the dawn of digital art, discourse regarding its potential persists. This research investigates how a virtual reality (VR) art gallery impacts positive and negative affect, examining the influences of aesthetic experiences and individual characteristics. It explores the connection between measures of aesthetic experiences (self-assessed, heart rate, and heart rate variability) and how gender influences this relationship. Digital art's beneficial effect is indicated by decreased negative affect after visiting the VR gallery, potentially influencing mental wellbeing. Individual characteristics influence this impact on affect after the VR experience, especially openness to experience and affect before the visit, mediated by aesthetic experience, and expertise mediated by heart rate. The findings highlight the potential impact of gender on subjective interpretations of physiological responses in the VR environment. Specifically, women tend to attribute heightened heart rate, a sign of arousal, while men associate increased heart rate variability, a sign of relaxation, to positive experiences in the VR.

"Don't Touch Your Face!" The Contribution of Habit Reversal in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The Habit Reversal Training (HRT) is a behavioral procedure for treating the so-called nervous habits, such as nail biting, hair pulling and thumb sucking. In addition to being an established clinical procedure, HRT is also a strategy for behavioral change that can serve the entire community. For this reason, this review aims to explore the studies proposing the use of HRT for the reduction of hand-to-face habits in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Touching one's nose, mouth and eyes, indeed, is one of the means of virus transmission that many awareness campaigns seek to highlight. After an overview of how HRT works and of the current epidemiological situation, studies supporting Habit Reversal Training for the reduction of risky hand-to-face habits are presented. The possible strategies are then exposed and critically discussed to identify their limitations and propose a new version according to the Relational Frame Theory.

Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography by Mark Gamsa

Reviewed by: Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography by Mark Gamsa Cathy McAteer Harbin: A Cross-Cultural Biography. By Mark Gamsa. Toronto and London: Toronto University Press. 2020. x+383 pp. $67.50. ISBN 978–1–4875–0628–5. Mark Gamsa's latest monograph differs from his many previous works on Sino-Russian relations in that it derives from his Ph.D. thesis on Manchuria, and was composed (in thought and deed) over a twenty-year period. Over this time, he confesses to having reflected on many approaches to writing history. The result is a labour of love very different, as he states, in both form and focus from his other publications, one which demonstrates in its complex parallel structure an experimental [End Page 522] approach to writing Harbin's history. Gamsa's monograph is an alternating, intertwining biography of both the city—described as the 'epicentre of Russian–Chinese relations in Manchuria [. . .] after the completion of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER) in 1903' (p. 3), an engineering project that enabled Harbin to become a world centre of post-revolutionary Russian emigration attracting 185,000 Russians at its peak—and of the book's protagonist, the Baltic-born Russian émigré Baron Roger Budberg (1867–1926: no relation of the suspected double agent Moura Budberg, once lover of Robert Bruce Lockhart, Maksim Gorʹkii, and H. G. Wells). The structure of this monograph devotes equal attention to tracing the city's developments on the macro and micro scales. Half of the chapters document the ebb and flow of Harbin's inhabitants and the legacies of their complicated relations. Gamsa guides the reader from the earliest Chinese and Russian settlers (the latter attracted to the area by the Trans-Siberian rail project) to the pro-Tsarist Cossacks and the cross-culturally devastating Boxer uprising of 1900. He examines the region's historical links with the Japanese, the White Russians (who fled there after the 1917 Revolution), and finally the Soviet army, who reclaimed Harbin in 1945 and handed it back to the People's Republic of China. In alternating chapters, Gamsa interpolates this political context with analysis of Budberg's local significance in Manchuria as a Sinophile, a critic of Russia, a physician, and a memoirist. Trained as an obstetrician and gynaecologist, Budberg was deemed 'of little use on the battlefield' (p. 53) during the Russo-Japanese war. Permitted instead to explore China, Budberg settled in Harbin, immersing himself in Chinese culture, learning the language, and marrying a fourteen-year-old Chinese woman with whom he had a daughter. In 1907 the CER appointed him director of a hospital for prostitutes. Budberg's contribution to medical research and Gamsa's dedication to tracking down primary resources result in a remarkably timely revelation. One of his public-health pamphlets from 1911 offers the following insight into minimizing deaths during a plague epidemic: 'when in the presence of infected persons, never expose yourself directly to their breath, protect clothes and hands from contact with suspect objects, and do not touch your face' (p. 115). Visionary that he apparently was, Budberg also recommended the wearing of head bandages as effective face masks. Gamsa's final chapter zooms out from both storylines in order to assess the broader 'outcome and legacy of [. . .] Russian and Chinese societies in Harbin' (p. 201). The thoroughness of Gamsa's research permeates not just chapter content (the sheer density of detail risks making the book appear pot-bound) but paratextual material too, the latter providing an essential toolkit for readers unfamiliar with his field. The Introduction supplies a historical overview of Russian activities in Harbin, illustrated by maps of the region dating from 1905 and 2011 respectively. It explains the provenance of Gamsa's primary research material (letters, rare publications with interesting histories, and archived photographs, some of which are included as illustrations) and the aims of the book, and summarizes Gamsa's methodologies. Readers might, additionally, have appreciated the provision of a family tree for the extensive Budberg clan and a timeline of events, useful for a book that determinedly eschews obvious chronological structure. Concluding paratexts include an [End Page 523] Epilogue for the many peripheral figures who feature...

Sustainability in biochemistry

It was important to me to ensure The Biochemist dedicated an issue to what biochemistry can offer for sustainability and how the practice of biochemistry research and industry can be challenged to make itself more sustainable and conscious. There is still a long way to go and many challenges to be overcome in this journey, but I am pleased to share these different examples of how biochemistry is influencing this area (and how biochemists are being influenced to alter their own practices). The issue goes beyond looking inwardly at what biochemists need to change but also offers opportunities where biochemistry can help solve problems elsewhere, such as in the area of food sustainability.I often felt helpless as my PhD experiments created what seemed to be huge amounts of plastic waste and I thought to myself that there must be another way of doing things. I know changing the culture of how work is done is a challenge and there are many, many steps to consider in this process. There is no doubt plastic offered a huge opportunity for those in the biological sciences sciences for research, but we have a gap in knowledge as to what the most useful and environmentally conscious materials might be. However, we are all scientists so we should be able to identify what the best material and waste management solution is for research and for society (balancing the needs and costs of waste, energy and practicality).Since my PhD, I have taken steps in my own life to act in a way that is more sustainable but I no longer work in a lab, so my way of influencing that space is through my role here at The Biochemist.Sometimes all it takes is someone posing a question to make you reconsider actions both at home and at work. So, I have a request: Now that The Biochemist is fully online there is more opportunity for our readers to share reactions to our articles, and I am particularly interested to hear your stories of how you are taking steps to be more sustainable in your research. Sharing these experiences will give others practical inspiration and knowledge they can take to their own area of practice - if something shared in this issue has made you reconsider or act differently it would be wonderful to hear about it. You can get in touch and share your own thoughts through Twitter @The_Biochemist.On that note, we also welcome submissions from our community. If you are interested in submitting an article, we encourage you to get in touch with the Editorial Team. Our articles are now easier to access and share virtually, but if you think of something you would like to see from The Biochemist’s virtual presence that doesn’t exist yet, please do let us know.

Personality and mental health: Factors impacting perceived health risks and protective behaviors during the early COVID-19 quarantine

Previous studies have demonstrated the psychological impact of stressful events related to an infectious disease outbreak. This impact may be moderated by the perception of risk and individual differences in personality. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of the personality profiles and mental health on the perceived risk (being infected, getting hospitalized, and dying from COVID-19) and on preventive behaviors (wash your hands, stay at home, maintain social distance, touch your face, and mask use). A total sample of 126 Argentine adults, both genders, participated and filled in the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R), the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) scale, a sociodemographic questionnaire, and COVID-19 estimates regarding risk perception and preventive behaviors. Results show that people with undercontrolled personality profile and high interpersonal sensitivity overestimated their probability of getting infected, hospitalization, and dying from COVID-19. In addition, the resilient profile group with high anxiety overestimated the probability of hospitalization and dying; the undercontrolled profile group with high anxiety, phobic anxiety, or psychoticism, also overestimated their probability of dying; the undercontrolled profile people with high interpersonal sensitivity, or high anxiety reported higher probabilities of maintaining social distance. Anxiety and depression symptoms explain a low percentage of the perceived risk variance; while conscientiousness, together with mental health were able to explain the estimated probability of engaging in protective behaviors. These findings could be useful to implement more effective and realistic strategies to promote the adoption of preventive behaviors.

From the cycle “Magdalene”, and From the cycle “Trees”

From the cycle “Magdalene”, and From the cycle “Trees” Marina Tsvetaeva (bio) Translated by Marina Pavlova (bio) 3 I won’t ask about your past, my dearest,Why should I—when blessed like this?Barefoot I am no more—receivingTorrents of your hair—And tears. I won’t ask about the price of attarsWhich you generously pour.I came naked, and your body clad meWave-like—yet as fencefulAs a wall. I will touch your naked body softly,Softer than the quietest rustle.I was strict. You clung to me and taught meTenderness, which bent me just like grass. In your hair let me sweetly nestle,Swaddle me without a swathe.—Gentle myrrhophore, your myrrh is wasted!You washed me all overLike a wave. 1923 [End Page 190] From the cycle “Trees” 2 My soul is fed up to the throatWith wrongs and fiendish hurt,I swear to give up the revoltAgainst the Demon’s hordes— Not as they were in books of old—Fiery cataracts—Against the everyday assaultsOf people’s callousness— I come to you, my forest trees—Escape from market roars!By following your skyward sweepsMy heart turns rapturous! An oak in God-defying battle,All root and foliage!Willows, clairvoyant, heaving sighs,And birches, virginal! An elm—enraged Abishalom,Strappadoed bristlinessOf pines—and you, my fervid psalm—My rowan bitterness . . . To you, into quicksilver clouds—Falling and scattering!So I can finally stretch my armsWithout the manuscripts! [End Page 191] My hands receive the splashing green—In lively cadences . . .My bareheaded, humble trees,My ever-tremulous . . . 1922 [End Page 192] Marina Tsvetaeva Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941) is often considered one of the greatest poets in twentieth-century Russian literature. Her legacy includes several collections of lyric poetry and long poems, the most celebrated of which are “Poem of the Mountain” (1926) and “Poem of the End” (1926); verse dramas; translations of Rilke, Goethe, Baudelaire, and other European poets; literary criticism; and autobiographical prose. Broadly described as modernist, her work was not part of any literary movement of the time. Tsvetaeva is known as a technical virtuoso, whose poems combine musicality with highly distinctive elliptical syntax and hectic rhythm. Marina Pavlova Marina Pavlova is a native speaker of Russian who holds a Cand. Sc. (PhD) in American Literature from Ivanovo State University. Her awards for translation include the Special Prize for the Best Realization of Intercultural Communication in a Translator’s Work in the 2007 Sensum de Sensu competition (St. Petersburg, Russia). She lives in Russia and is currently working on a book-length collection of Marina Tsvetaeva’s poems translated into English. Copyright © 2022 Middlebury College

COVID-19

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Bedtime Stories from Vietnam

Bedtime Stories from Vietnam Hanh Hoang (bio) “To begin depriving him [death] of the greatest advantage over us . . . let us converse and be familiar with him, and have nothing so frequent in our thoughts as death.” —Michel de Montaigne Every night after I turned off the light, my son would stare at the ceiling for the longest time. I wondered if he was a normal four-year-old. What could be on his mind to cause him to stare into the dark for so long? Sometimes after thirty minutes of silence, he asked shyly if he could hold my hand, if he could be told a story. Yes, I replied, even though I knew he would constantly interrupt me, his eyes glinting with mischief. If I said for example that Cinderella’s clothes turned into a beautiful gown and she climbed into a golden coach heading for the ball, he’d say that Cinderella wanted to sleep after having spent the whole day sweeping the floor. All right, I’d say. She decides to go to the ball the next day instead. The fairy godmother warns her— But the godmother doesn’t show up the next day, my son would say. She has to visit other godchildren or they’ll be jealous. The morning after that, then, I’d say. Cinderella sends a bird to the fairy godmother to tell her to come. That evening Cinderella puts on the beautiful gown for the ball— But there’s no ball that day. There’s only one ball a year. And so it went with Tom Thumb, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. My son would either make up the details or use the ones I had told him earlier, so he could contradict me. His main pleasure was just that—to interrupt my tale. One night I thought, Why not ghost stories? All Vietnamese children loved them, and my son, being half Vietnamese, should at least half appreciate a ghost story. I’d grown up in a haunted house. Whenever I was alone, I’d hear and see spirits. Feet shuffling down the stairs. White shapes appearing and disappearing. Sometimes the ghosts pretended to drink and glasses would clink on the table. Or they used the bathroom and the toilet paper holder would roll lách cách lách cách. There were so many people killed in so many wars in our country, so many ghosts, that no one could deny their existence. [End Page 66] Here’s what happens when a house is haunted, I told my son. The walls pop and the floor tiles click and the windows squeak. You want to believe that the wood in the walls expands at night, the tiles are loose, the wind blows through the windows. Then the noises become human. A voice calls your name. You don’t see anyone at first but you sense their presence. You feel very cold. You pretend to sleep but you can’t fool them. They want you to open your eyes. Their hands reach out. They might touch your neck, like this. Or sit on your chest. Or shake your bed. You want to cry out— My son panted. His eyes were wild with fear. Mommy. Stop it. I don’t like it. When I laughed and hugged him, he pushed me away. I should have realized then that my son and I were very different. Even now, I’m disappointed whenever he refuses to tell me the nightmares he had the night before. It’s too scary, he says. The more something scares us, I say, the more we should talk about it. But my son won’t let himself be persuaded. When my son was five, I suspected I was dying. Every few days I suffered from bouts of diarrhea. My intestines were twisted with cramps. My skin flaked from dehydration. After several inconclusive lab tests, the gastroenterologist ordered a colonoscopy. What would happen to my son if I had cancer? If my intestines were perforated during the procedure? If I never woke up? I decided I should prepare him for my eventual death. Everyone dies one...

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection

A care escalation framework to address lapses in donning and doffing of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic

A care escalation framework to address lapses in donning and doffing of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19: Once in a Century Health Challenge

COVID-19 has changed the mode of living. World is currently facing an outbreak of historic proportions. In a matter of weeks, the corona virus has reached over 190 countries and according to World Health Organization, on the end of March 2020, there are about 750890 new cases of COVID 19 and 36405 deaths, reported globally.1 The virus is spreading fast, and it does not look like that it will eliminate soon. Most of us have already witnessed firsthand how this affects our society. This challenge is not like a storm, it is more like a season, and that season has just begun, in our country. This situation will be thought about and written about for decades to come. It puts us all in a position to reconsider our habits and ask ourselves what we can do to stay safe, protect our loved ones, and slow down the spread. That is a lot to ask, but I think we can better step up to this challenge if we decide to live out this moment as an ordinary hero. It is a simple mental device that will slow down mindless choices, and allow you to put your deepest yearnings into your life during this pandemic. If you turn on an idiot box (phone, laptop, or television), you will learn something crazy. Although donors and WHO are working intensively with partners to increase access to life-saving products, including diagnostics, PPE, medical oxygen, ventilators and more, there is still a lot to do.2 When hospitals become overburdened then patients will not receive adequate treatment. Medical equipment becomes sparse. Our healthcare system is finite with limited resources. This may lead to thousands of thousands of preventable deaths. We need to slow down the spread of the virus so that hospitals and healthcare facilities are able to catch up with the growing demand for medical attention. The more we slow down the outbreak, the better hospitals are able to attend to those in need. If we want to prevent unnecessary deaths, we need to take effective action here and now. Every action is being written down in history. The fate of us and our loved ones depends on the choices we make, moment by moment, day by day. The important thing to do right now is to create social distance—to stay home, only go out if necessary, and cancel all social events. Stock up only what is needed (e.g., for two weeks, not three months). Go out as little as possible, this is not only sensible, but it is also kind and responsible. Every one of us is authoring this script. Hand washing is still one of the most effective things we can do to protect ourselves from catching the virus. We need to do it regularly, thoroughly and for at least 20 seconds. Do not touch your face, and avoid shaking hands and hugging other people. Keep a running tally of every single time you touch your face. It is important to become conscious of it. In the middle of this outbreak, a lot of people will feel scared, lonely, and isolated. Now is a good time to call friends or family, let them know you care about them and be there for one another.3 People are going hungry. If you wish to donate to help vulnerable people in need. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay socially distanced. Your actions are being noticed anonymously by people you will never meet for whom the reduced demand for hospital beds may be a matter of life and death. Although the older people with co-morbidity are the hardest hit but younger people are also not spared. This virus can put youngsters in hospital for weeks, or even kill them. The choices we make can be of vital importance and could be the difference between life and death. Dr. Sakhawat Ali Randhawa MBBS; MCPS-HCSM; FELTP Chief Executive Officer, District Health Authority, Rahim Yar Khan.

Plastic Surgeons in Action against Coronavirus Disease 2019 at the First Coronavirus-specialty Hospital in Europe.

Plastic Surgeons in Action against Coronavirus Disease 2019 at the First Coronavirus-specialty Hospital in Europe.

COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

This strain of coronavirus is a new one and scientists do not yet know all there is to know about it. While these common sense points will always be helpful, it is important that you keep up to date with the advice being given by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and NHS England and how it might affect you personally. These suggestions have been produced using the most up-to-date advice available to us from our Scientific and Medical Advisors and are not intended to replace or supersede advice you may have been given from your health care professional.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Pediatric Gastroenterologist.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 and the Pediatric Gastroenterologist.

Winning Together: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infographic.

To achieve the planetary goal of zero new cases and extinguishing the current COVID-19 pandemic, the following recommendations have been proposed: Do The Five:[1] Frequent handwashing When coughing, use your elbow or a tissue Do not touch your face Stay more than 3 feet apart from others If you feel sick, stay home. Limit in-person gatherings to ten people, observing the “Five” rules above[2] Lead by example – Expect 100% adherence to the above, both from yourself and from others.[34] Remember, stay informed, follow local institutional leadership and guidelines, embrace cooperative and collaborative approaches, embrace technological advances such as point-of-care testing and telemedicine, think critically to avoid medical misinformation, and most importantly do not panic.[5678] It takes a team to win this war! Financial support and sponsorship Nil. Conflicts of interest There are no conflicts of interest.

I Do Not Believe

Elyas Alavi is a poet and visual artist based in Adelaide. Born in the Daykundi province of Afghanistan, he has published three poetry books: I Am a Daydreamer Wolf, published in 2008 in Tehran (5th ed., 2016), followed by Some Wounds (Kabul, 2012) and Hodood (Tehran, 2015). Fatemeh Shams’s third collection, When They Broke Down the Door, translated by Dick Davis, received the 2016 Latifeh Yarshater Award. She won the Jaleh Esfahani poetry prize for the best young Iranian poet in 2012. Leonard Schwartz’s recent books include The New Babel: Toward a Poetics of the Mid-East Crises (University of Arkansas Press) and Heavy Sublimation (Talisman House). I Do Not Believe by Elyas Alavi My beloved if Death be here for you Let it be in tuberculosis’ form Or the form of bitter cold, Not as prey of suicide bombing. You should have the time To review your memories, To review the particulars of your body, To make plans for your departure. Not to depart the house on your feet And we only find your shoes in the bazaar. Not to ever find your hands or your smile. Never to locate your eyes. With my own eyes I ought to Witness your death, your final breath. My fingers should touch your eyelids to close. Otherwise, no one will believe it, forever I myself will not believe it. Translation from the Persian By Fatemeh Shams & Leonard Schwartz Visit worldlit.org to read Alavi’s poem “Brother Khosrow” and hear the author read the Persian originals. POETRY WORLDLIT.ORG 13 ILLUSTRATION BY ELYAS ALAVI FROM THE SERIES WAKING DREAMS ...

From Avraham to Avraham

From Avraham to Avraham Avraham Holtz Avraham (Alan) Mintz approached me about six months before his untimely death to announce that his new book on Agnon's ʿ Ir umelo ʾ ah was going to be dedicated to me and to Avraham (Arnold) Band. Three Avrahamim together.1 "How come?" I asked. "It's what I want," he answered. As they say, how does one reply when informed of such an honor? As they say, כנגד רצונו של אדם אין טענות. One cannot object to another person's wishes. Alan went on to say that a book launch was being planned at JTS, and that he wanted me to speak in Hebrew at the event. I said to him, "Look, I'm not going to feel comfortable doing that. You're dedicating the book to me. I wouldn't feel comfortable talking about a book that's dedicated to me. I'm used to speaking, but not about myself." "Even so," Alan said. "What does that mean, 'even so'?" I asked. "Even so," he repeated, "I want you to speak in Hebrew." "But ninety-eight percent of the people there won't understand me!" I retorted. "Doesn't matter," he said. "I want you to speak in Hebrew, a short speech, only five to seven minutes." "But you agreed that ninety-eight percent of the people there won't understand me!" I repeated. [End Page 420] "It doesn't matter," he replied. "I want you to speak in Hebrew. Those who understand will understand. Those who don't understand, it'll be their loss." So fierce was Alan's love of the Hebrew language and his dedication to it that he wanted others to see that it meant something to make that effort to speak and to understand the language. He expressed the intensity of his special relationship with Hebrew in his brilliant essay in Mosaic (April 17, 2017), "My Life with Hebrew." This article has now been faithfully translated into Hebrew and will soon appear in the journal Ha ʿ ivrit, a publication of the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem. How could I possibly refuse his request that I speak in Hebrew? You can ask my wife, Toby, with whom I shared my quandary. How does one go about discharging such a task? It's very strange indeed to be asked to get up and speak in front of a group that doesn't comprehend what you're saying, especially when speaking about matters that touch your soul so deeply. But that's what he asked of me, and that was what I was going to have to do. I began to think about what I might say, and we agreed that we would speak more about it closer to the date of the event. Meanwhile, the tragedy of his passing befell us all, and it was decided that the book launch event would now become a memorial gathering. Once again: a difficult situation. What can one possibly say at such an occasion? Given that the book was dedicated to the two of us, Band and me, I would have to say something about the book. But what? Well, here it is. I had told Alan that he was the only person who could have succeeded in convincing the Guggenheim Foundation that Agnon's stories were part of world literature. Due to his comprehensive knowledge of English and European literature, as well as his profound understanding of contemporary literary theory and criticism, Alan demonstrated that Agnon, the Hebrew writer, is a world-class author. Hence their support for his book. And that was true. Only Alan could have accomplished that feat. I was so honored by our relationship and our many wonderful meetings. When his book Sanctuary in the Wilderness: A Critical Introduction to American Hebrew Poetry came out, I read it from cover to cover and complimented him, of course, and told him that Avraham Epstein, whom he mentions in the book—another Avraham—was my teacher at an institution that no longer exists, the Herzliah [End Page 421] Hebrew Teachers Institute in New York. Alan was so excited to hear this. He said, "You saw that I mention him in the introduction to the...

Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race Mistakes and Friendship by Irene Latham

Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race Mistakes and Friendship by Irene Latham

Making Space for the Possible: Artists-in-Residence in Community College

In a large classroom at the end of a hall, a modern dancer calls out to a room full of community college students, “Touch your hip, then move your hip. Touch your nose, move your nose. Touch your s...