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May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness:

"Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition, as 1 in 5 U.S. adults will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. However, everyone is affected or impacted by mental illness through friends and family."

Want to know more? Check out the following titles, as well as the display near reference:

Childhood Mental Health Disorders by Ronald T. Brown; David O. Antonuccio; George J. DuPaul; Mary A. Fristad; Cheryl A. King; Laurel K. Leslie

Publication Date: 2007

Childhood Mental Health Disorders is a comprehensive report, based on a thorough review of the literature, on the current effective use, sequencing, comparative risks/benefits, and integration of psychotropic medications and psychosocial interventions for children and adolescents. Acknowledging the complexity of these disorders and the need to individualize treatment, the volume is intended as a basic yet comprehensive framework for mental health providers. The disorders addressed include attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism and schizophrenia, and others.

 

Mental Health, Race and Culture by Suman Fernando

Publication Date: 2010

This powerful text offers a unique analysis of the impact of race and culture on contemporary issues in mental health. Drawing on extensive international experience, Fernando challenges the traditional ideas that inform practice in clinical psychology and psychiatry in order to promote new and alternative ways of thinking. Covering both theoretical perspectives and practical implications, this insightful text discusses perceptions of ethnicity and identity, compares practices around the world and looks at racism in mental health services. Topics new to the third edition include: ? Trauma and psychosocial support ? The new discourses in mental health of recovery, spirituality and well-being ? The mental health of refugees ? Specific developments in low-income countries, including Asia and Africa.

 

Physical Activity and Mental Health by Angela Clow (Editor); Sarah Edmunds (Editor)

Publication Date: 2013

With contributions from internationally renowned experts, Physical Activity and Mental Health presents research illustrating how the use of physical activity can enhance well-being and reduce the impact of potentially debilitating mental health conditions. Written for students, researchers, and professionals in exercise science, fitness, and health care fields, Physical Activity and Mental Health details the factors that influence the relationship between mental health and physical activity as well as the benefits of physical activity in dealing with mental illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, depression, schizophrenia, and addictive behaviors. Readers will learn how promotion of physical activity can lead to a greater sense of well-being or act as a medical intervention.

 

Appalachian Health and Well-Being by Robert L. Ludke (Editor, Introduction by); Phillip J. Obermiller (Editor, Introduction by); Richard A. Couto (Foreword by)

Call Number: Ebook

Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and the public lacks information about both their healthcare needs and about the resources communities have developed to meet those needs. In Appalachian Health and Well-Being, editors Robert L. Ludke and Phillip J. Obermiller bring together leading researchers and practitioners to provide a much-needed compilation of data- and research-driven perspectives, broadening our understanding of strategies to decrease the health inequalities affecting both rural and urban Appalachians. The contributors propose specific recommendations for necessary research, suggest practical solutions for health policy, and present best practices models for effective health intervention. This in-depth analysis offers new insights for students, health practitioners, and policy makers, promoting a greater understanding of the factors affecting Appalachian health and effective responses to those needs.

 

Social Injustice and Public Health by Barry S. Levy (Editor); Victor W. Sidel (Editor)

Publication Date: 2013

This second edition of Social Injustice and Public Health is a comprehensive, up-to-date, evidence-based resource on the relationship of social injustice to many aspects of public health. With contributions from leading experts in public health, medicine, health, social sciences, and otherfields, this integrated book documents the adverse effects of social injustice on health and makes recommendations on what needs to be done to reduce social injustice and thereby improve the public's health. Social Injustice and Public Health is divided into four parts:* The nature of social injustice and its impact on public health* How the health of specific population groups is affected by social injustice* How social injustice adversely affects medical care, infectious and chronic non-communicable disease, nutrition, mental health, violence, environmental and occupational health, oral health, and aspects of international health* What needs to be done, such as addressing social injustice in a human rights context, promoting social justice through public health policies and programs, strengthening communities, and promoting equitable and sustainable human development.

This month's spotlight on BC Scholarship shines on Dr. Jeff B. Pool's book, God's Wounds: Hermeneutic of the Christian Symbol of Divine Suffering, Volume II. 

According to one reviewer, the Pool offers his readers "a coherent and challenging construal of the biblical view of the universe and its destiny."-Peter Macek, Charles University in Prague.

Want to read more? Check out Dr. Pool's book! 

Photo by Wipf and Stock Publishers. 

Check it out here:

God's Wounds by Jeff B. Pool

Call Number: 231 P821g 2009 v. 2 - BC Scholarship Collection (3rd Floor)

This book constitutes the second volume of a three-volume study of Christian testimonies to divine suffering: God's Wounds: Hermeneutic of the Christian Symbol of Divine Suffering, vol. 2, Evil and Divine Suffering. The larger study focuses its inquiry into the testimonies to divine suffering themselves, seeking to allow the voices that attest to divine suffering to speak freely, then to discover and elucidate the internal logic or rationality of this family of testimonies, rather than defending these attestations against the dominant claims of classical Christian theism that have historically sought to eliminate such language altogether from Christian discourse about the nature and life of God. This second volume of studies proceeds on the basis of the presuppositions of this symbol, those implicit attestations that provide the conditions of possibility for divine suffering-that which constitutes divine vulnerability with respect to creation-as identified and examined in the first volume of this project: an understanding of God through the primary metaphor of love (God is love); and an understanding of the human as created in the image of God, with a life (though finite) analogous to the divine life-the imago Dei as love. The second volume then investigates the first two divine wounds or modes of divine suffering to which the larger family of testimonies to divine suffering normally attest: (1) divine grief, suffering because of betrayal by the beloved human or human sin; and (2) divine self-sacrifice, suffering for the beloved human in its bondage to sin or misery, to establish the possibility of redemption and reconciliation. 

This month's showcase is on Maid-sama! by Hiro Fujiwara.

"As if being class president of a predominantly male high school wasn’t hard enough, Misaki Ayuzawa has a major secret—she works at a maid cafe after school! How is she supposed to keep her image of being ultra smart, strong and overachieving intact once school heartthrob Takumi Usui discovers her double life?!

Can Misaki trust Usui to keep her secret from the rest of the kids at school? And why the heck is he always showing up at the maid cafe? Maybe she should start taking him seriously when he says he likes her—especially when he throws in an unexpected kiss!" -from the publisher

Check it out today!

Maid-sama! (2-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1 by Hiro Fujiwara

Call Number: 741.595 F954m - Graphic Novels (Main Floor Circulation Area)

Publication Date: 2015

Happy April everyone! This month's book is all about celebrating fathers, specifically African American fathers and their role in the development of children's lives. Readers had this to say about Javaka Steptoe's book, In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers: 

 In this intergenerational collection of poetry by new and established African American writers, fatherhood is celebrated with honor, humor, and grace. Folami Abiade, Dinah Johnson, Carole Boston Weatherford, Dakari Hru, Michael Burgess, E. Ethelbert Miller, Lenard D. Moore, David Anderson, Angela Johnson, Sonia Sanchez, and Davida Adedjouma all contribute. Javaka Steptoe, who also offers a poem, employs an inventive range of media to bring each of the poems to life. In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall testifies to the powerful bond between father and child, recognizing family as our greatest gift, and identifying fathers as being among our most influential heroes.
 

Check it out today:

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall by Javaka Steptoe (Illustrator)

Call Number: I35 - Children's Picture Books (1st Floor)

Illustrated by Javaka Steptoe Twelve poets give testimony to the powerful bond between African American fathers, children and grandchildren in the brilliantly illustrated volume.

Attend Quebec Celtic Folk Experience on 

April 12th, 2018, 8:00pm

Phelps-Stokes Auditorium

The quartet Le Vent du Nord is greatly esteemed in Quebec's traditional music scene and one of the most-loved Quebec folk bands throughout the world. Consisting of singers and multi-instrumentalists Nicolas Boulerice, Simon Beaudry, Olivier Demers, and Rrejean Brunet, the group performs songs from traditional folk repertoire as well as original compositions. Stephenson Memorial Concert. 

If you enjoyed their concert, check out their cds available on display in front of the Circulation Desk!

Tromper le Temps by Le Vent du Nord

Call Number: CD 782.421 V465tr (2nd Floor)

 

 

Têtu by Le Vent du Nord

Call Number: CD 782.421 V465te 2015 (2nd Floor)

 

 

 

Mesdames et messieurs! by Le Vent du Nord

Call Number: CD 782.421 V465m (2nd Floor)

Happy April everyone! Let's celebrate April Showers with this month's CD, Earth Songs: Thunderstorm Blues! 

"Earth Songs presents, Thunderstorm Blues, a soft tranquil storm highlighted by rolling rumbles of thunder. A pinch of sly harmonica and a dash of acoustic guitar are stirred in to create the perfect recipe for relaxation." -CD. 

All compositions were written, arranged, and performed by Andre Ferreri.

Photo from Amazon.com. 

Check it out today:

Thunderstorm blues

Call Number: CD 780.904 T535 1995 - CD Collection (2nd Floor)

April's reference book of the month is Andrew Morkes's  Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. The following description is from amazon.com: 

This four-volume encyclopedia is designed to be of use to school libraries, career centers, guidance offices and other agencies involved with career exploration. More than 700 articles have been revised and updated to reflect accurate, up-to-date career information. Included in this edition are 50 new career articles and more than 90 new photographs. Each article offers expanded career information, a bibliography, sidebars and other user-friendly features, as well as an extended profile of an industry professional. Spotlighted are the top ten fastest growing careers and the top ten careers that experts predict will add the greatest number of positions up to the year 2010.

Recommended for juniors and seniors thinking of life after graduation.

Fun fact: This book explains what the job is, requirements to be hired, work environment and even the approximate salary of a variety of career paths.

Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance by J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company Staff (Editor); Andrew Morkes (Editor)

Call Number: 331.702 E564 2003

Publication Date: 2002

Attend Three Appalachian Stories on

April 5th, 2018, 3:00 pm

Phelps-Stokes Auditorium

In a roundtable conversation, Dr. Alicestyne Turley, Director of the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education; Monica Jones, Director of the Black Cultural Center; and Crystal Wilkinson, the Appalachian Writer in Residence at Berea College, share their life paths and reflect on what being Appalachian means to them. Co-sponsored with LJAC. Appalachian Lecture. 

If you were intrigued by their conversation, check out their books on display in front of the Circulation Desk!

Rosenwald schools in Kentucky, 1917-1932 by Alicestyne Turley-Adams

Call Number: 370.9769 T941r (BC Scholarship - 3rd floor)

Water Street by Crystal E Wilkinson

Call Number: W686w (Fiction - 3rd Floor between 822-823)

Water Street examines the secret lives of neighbors and friends who live on Water Street in small town in Kentucky.

The Birds of Opulence by Crystal E Wilkinson

Call Number: Call Number W686bi 2016 c. 2 (Fiction - 3rd Floor between 822-823)

A lyrical exploration of love and loss, The Birds of Opulence centers on several generations of women in a bucolic southern black township as they live with and sometimes surrender to madness. The Goode-Brown family, led by matriarch and pillar of the community Minnie Mae, is plagued by old secrets and embarrassment over mental illness and illegitimacy. Meanwhile, single mother Francine Clark is haunted by her dead, lightning-struck husband and forced to fight against both the moral judgment of the community and her own rebellious daughter, Mona. The residents of Opulence struggle with vexing relationships to the land, to one another, and to their own sexuality. As the members of the youngest generation watch their mothers and grandmothers pass away, they live with the fear of going mad themselves and must fight to survive. 

Blackberries, blackberries by Crystal E Wilkinson

Call Number: Call Number W686bL 2000 (Fiction - 3rd Floor between 822-823)

Being country is as much a part of me as my full lips, wide hips, dreadlocks and high cheek bones. There are many Black country folks who have lived and are living in small towns, up hollers and across knobs. They are all over the South--scattered like milk thistle seeds in the wind.

Stop by the display near the Reference Desk to explore works by Affrilachian Poets

A sampling of Affrilachian Poets

Affrilachia defined

Stop by the display near Reference to check out the following Affrilachian titles:

Books:

Affrilachia by Frank X. Walker; Nyoka Hawkins (Editor, Designed by)

Publication Date: 2000

"This personal poetic narrative is a historic valuable offering . . . an eagle's-eye view into what it means to be young, Black, artistic, and male in Appalachia, as one century comes to an end and another begins."-- Nikky Finney, author of "Rice."

 

 

 

 

Black Box by Frank X. Walker; Nyoka Hawkins (Designed by, Editor)

Publication Date: 2006

A powerful new collection from Frank X Walker, winner of the 2005 Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry. Featuring 68 poems on family, place, identity, and social justice, Black Box continues the brilliant autobiographical journey of Affrilachia, the author's groundbreaking first volume of poems. "The work of Frank X Walker is an eclectic, powerful mixture of liberating style, profound insight, and unwavering organic connection to the intellectual, political, and cultural struggles of a people. He stands in the tradition of DuBois, McKay, Robeson and Hughes." -- Ricky L. Jones, Black Haze.

 

How Swallowtails Become Dragons by Bianca Spriggs; Katerina Stoykova-Klemer (Editor); 

Publication Date: 2011
"In How Swallowtails become Dragons, Bianca Spriggs proves herself to be a poet of metamorphosis - a shape shifter, a medium for the dead and imagined. She speaks for those long silenced and for those who remind us to never make a pact with our own silence. In these pages we meet Sweet Evenin' Breeze; Orfeu Negro; the Boabab Girl; and even Eurydice Thomas, a lazarus slave sold dead for parts. But in these pages we also meet a poet who is willing to welcome the wild into her own house, and even into her sleep - a poet willing to reach deep into the dark depth and mine that bit of light last remaining." --Rebecca Gayle Howell, Author of The Hatchet Buddha

 

Kaffir Lily by Bianca Spriggs

Publication Date: 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

On my Mind by Jude McPherson

Publication Date: 2007-09-01

Raised somewhere between the tobacco fields and horse farms of Woodford County, Kentucky, Jude McPherson has been bending and stretching syllables as long as he can remember. 'on my mind' blends his insatiable love of hip-hop with heaping helpings of front porch tall tales and social consciousness into his writing. He has published two previous collections of poetry through blacoetry press; loves taxicab blues revisited (1998) and the book of jude (2000) .

 

Black Bone by Bianca Lynne Spriggs (Editor); Jeremy Paden (Editor); Frank X. Walker (Contribution by)

Publication Date: 2018

The Appalachian region stretches from Mississippi to New York, encompassing rural areas as well as cities from Birmingham to Pittsburgh. Though Appalachia's people are as diverse as its terrain, few other regions in America are as burdened with stereotypes. Author Frank X Walker coined the term "Affrilachia" to give identity and voice to people of African descent from this region and to highlight Appalachia's multicultural identity. This act inspired a group of gifted artists, the Affrilachian Poets, to begin working together and using their writing to defy persistent stereotypes of Appalachia as a racially and culturally homogenized region. After years of growth, honors, and accomplishments, the group is acknowledging its silver anniversary with Black Bone. Edited by two newer members of the Affrilachian Poets, Bianca Lynne Spriggs and Jeremy Paden, Black Bone is a beautiful collection of both new and classic work and features submissions from Frank X Walker, Nikky Finney, Gerald Coleman, Crystal Wilkinson, Kelly Norman Ellis, and many others. This illuminating and powerful collection is a testament to a groundbreaking group and its enduring legacy.

 

DVD: 

 

Coal black voices : a documentary

Publication Date: 2001

"Coal Black voices is an intimate mosaic of images, poetry, and storytelling by the Affrilachian Poets as they glimpses of life in the American Black South and Appalachian region. The ensemble of African-American writers challenge simple notions of an all white Appalachian region and culture while drawing on the traditions such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and the experiences of the African Diaspora. The poetry of the Afrilachian poets celebrates their African heritage and rural roots while encompassing themes of racism and Black identity. In this documentary they give voice to the pleasures of family, land, good food, artistic community, music and transformation"

This month is dedicated to raising awareness on autism:

During the early '70s, the Autism Society launched a nationwide campaign to inform individuals about the brain-based disorder, its effects, and the potential of those diagnosed with the condition. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a condition characterized by challenges with communication, social skills, and repetitive behaviors. The symptoms of ASD vary from mild to severe and create a vast community of people that manifest the condition in different ways. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 1 in 68 children across the United States has been identified with autism spectrum disorder. This is an increase of 30 percent since previous estimates in 2012. Signs of autism can show up between 2 and 3 years of age and in some cases, even earlier. 

Check out some resources that we have related to this topic:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Call Number: H127c

Publication Date: 2003

Narrated by a 15-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.

 

 

Exiting Nirvana by C. Claibourne; Oliver Sacks (Foreword by)

Call Number: 616.898 P235zp

Publication Date: 2001

Reprising her own now classic work The Siege, which covered the early years of her autistic daughter's life, Clara Claiborne Park gives us a moving, eloquent portrait of Jessy as an autistic adult -- still struggling with language, with hypersensitivities and obsessions, and with the social interactions that most of us take for granted, but at the same time achieving more than her parents could have hoped for, becoming an accomplished artist, and growing into an active member of her family and community.

 

Autism by Francesca Happé

Call Number: 616.898 H252a

Publication Date: 1994

Autism is a fascinating yet perplexing disorder that continues to intrigue researchers and clinicians studying brain and behavior. In this lucid and elegant book, Francesca Happe provides a concise overview of current psychological theory and research that synthesizes the established work on the biological foundations, cognitive characteristics, and behavioral manifestations of this disorder. She focuses her discussion on the cognitive approaches that deal with both thought and feeling--those hypotheses that link brain to action, deepen our understanding of the autistic person's view of the world, and offer better approaches to effectively managing the behavior of people with autism struggling to live in our world. The book reviews the latest research into the communication, socialization, and imagination impairments in autism, and further distinguishes the levels of severity in the spectrum of autistic disorders. Happe also includes a discussion of the talented few--high-functioning autistic individuals with Asperger's syndrome--and of the many childhood behavioral disorders, unrelated to autism, that manifest autistic-like symptoms. Autism is an important and much-needed contribution to the literature. 

 

The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida; K. A. Yoshida (Translator); David Mitchell (Translator, Introduction by)

Call Number: 616.858 H634rxm 2013

Publication Date: 2013

Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.  Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: "Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?" "Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?" "Why don't you make eye contact when you're talking?" and "What's the reason you jump?" (Naoki's answer: "When I'm jumping, it's as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.") With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights--into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory--are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again. 

 

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko

Call Number: C5465a 2004

Publication Date: 2004

Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school.  But Natalie has autism, and when she's denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose's family has used for dealing with her disorder. When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the Warden, he knows right off she's trouble.  But she's also strangely irresistible.  All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents' expectations, and stay out of trouble.  But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away. Set in 1935, when guards actually lived on Alcatraz Island with their families.  Choldenko's second novel brings humor to the complexities of family dynamics and illuminates the real struggle of a kid trying to free himself from the "good boy" stance he's taken his whole life.