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Saving A Seat For A Sister: A Grounded Theory Approach Exploring The Journey Of Women Reaching Top Policing Executive Positions, Nicola D. Smith-Kea Jan 2020

Saving A Seat For A Sister: A Grounded Theory Approach Exploring The Journey Of Women Reaching Top Policing Executive Positions, Nicola D. Smith-Kea

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The world of women in law enforcement is a thought-provoking one that has received increasing attention both in academia as well as in practice over the past few decades. Even more intriguing, and despite advances in the profession, is the low number of women in executive leadership positions in law enforcement. There is a vast underrepresentation of women in top executive leadership positions across the 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the complex journey of women to top executive policing leadership positions. Embracing a positive psychology approach, …

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Ethical Leadership: Life Story Of George Ciampa, U.S. Wwii Military Veteran And Community Leader, Susan M. Wiedemann Jan 2020

Ethical Leadership: Life Story Of George Ciampa, U.S. Wwii Military Veteran And Community Leader, Susan M. Wiedemann

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This qualitative research study explored the influence of life experiences and personal ethics of George Ciampa, a United States military veteran; his work in establishing American military cemeteries in Europe; and later work as a community leader committed to teaching American youth about the cost of freedom. Dimensions of ethical leadership and public service motivation served as the theoretical framework for the study. The research extended knowledge on ethical constructs within the fields of leadership studies and public administration; recorded personal experiences that were absent in military historical archives; and increased awareness of aspects of the U.S. military subculture. The …

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Social-Emotional Climate In The Community College Classroom: An Action Research Study Investigating The Impact Of Real-Time Student Feedback To Instructors, Angela E. Quitadamo Jan 2020

Social-Emotional Climate In The Community College Classroom: An Action Research Study Investigating The Impact Of Real-Time Student Feedback To Instructors, Angela E. Quitadamo

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Community college students often have obligations outside the classroom (supporting dependents or working part-or full-time jobs), preventing them from participating in extracurricular activities and fulfilling their social-emotional needs on campus. As a result, they rely heavily on classroom interactions with their instructors to gain a sense of belonging and motivation necessary for optimal cognitive growth. This action research study was conducted at a rural community college in New England to learn if an informal feedback tool, given to students, could provide real-time data to instructors to enhance the social-emotional classroom environment. An inquiry group (IG) comprised of the researcher and …

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Therapists Who Specialize In Addiction: A Grounded Situational Analysis Of A Stigmatized Profession, Heather J. Humphrey-Leclaire Jan 2020

Therapists Who Specialize In Addiction: A Grounded Situational Analysis Of A Stigmatized Profession, Heather J. Humphrey-Leclaire

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This study used the methodology of a grounded situational analysis to explore the lives of therapists who specialize in addiction. Historians have researched the history of addiction treatment itself and some have identified parallel processes of discrimination, stigma, and stigma by association for therapist and client, but the complex intersectionality between social processes and organizational issues have been largely invisible. In this study, therapists who specialize in addiction (including social workers, clinical mental health counselors, and alcohol and drug counselors) were asked about their sense of how others see them in their role. These conversations made visible the many, enmeshed …

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The Construction And Impact Of Power In Cross-Sector Partnerships: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study, Kimberly Allyn Walker Jan 2020

The Construction And Impact Of Power In Cross-Sector Partnerships: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study, Kimberly Allyn Walker

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

In the United States, cross-sector partnerships, a form of collaboration, are becoming increasingly common in practice (Gray & Purdy, 2018). However, questions remain regarding the effectiveness of these partnerships and if the many challenges of using them can be overcome. In particular, the intersection of cross-sector partnerships and power, which can deeply impact these partnerships, needs more attention. This study used interpretive phenomenology to understand, from the participant perspective, (a) the experience and construction of power, (b) the impact of power on participants, and (c) how power dynamics in these initiatives compare to dynamics in organizations. Seventeen participants from four …

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Living Through The Chilean Coup D’Etat: The Second-Generation’S Reflection On Their Sense Of Agency, Civic Engagement And Democracy, Denise Tala Diaz Jan 2020

Living Through The Chilean Coup D’Etat: The Second-Generation’S Reflection On Their Sense Of Agency, Civic Engagement And Democracy, Denise Tala Diaz

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This dissertation illuminates how the experience of growing up during the Chilean dictatorship (1973–1990) affected the individual's sense of self as citizen and the impact on their sense of democratic agency, civic-mindedness, and political engagement in their country's current democracy. To understand that impact, the researcher chose to study her own generation, the “Pinochet-era” generation (Cummings, 2015) and interviewed those who were part of the Chilean middle class, who despite not being explicit victims of perpetrators, were raised in dictatorship and surrounded by abuse of state power including repression, disappearance, and imprisonment. The theoretical frame of the Socio-Political Development Theory …

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In Pictures And Words: A Womanist Answer To Addressing The Lived Experience Of African American Women And Their Bodies—A Gumbo Of Liberation And Healing, Yolandé Aileen Ifalami Devoe Jan 2020

In Pictures And Words: A Womanist Answer To Addressing The Lived Experience Of African American Women And Their Bodies—A Gumbo Of Liberation And Healing, Yolandé Aileen Ifalami Devoe

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Whether it is claiming a radical self-love for one’s body or dissatisfaction of one’s body, the experiences of African American women and their bodies cannot be divergent from the sociocultural contexts in which they live. Seeking to reveal how gender, race, and sexual orientation impact the lived experiences of African American women and their bodies, this study will bring attention to and provide a more nuanced understanding of the historical and sociocultural ramifications of the Black female body. Historically, inadequate attention has been given to an intersectional approach to understanding the experiences of the Black female body. It is understood …

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Positionality Of Paraeducators: A Phenomenological Study In A Public School District In The Pacific Northwest, Ann Rene' Flynn Jan 2020

Positionality Of Paraeducators: A Phenomenological Study In A Public School District In The Pacific Northwest, Ann Rene' Flynn

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Paraeducators play an important role in the classroom supporting students and certificated teachers. However, literature on the actual roles of paraeducators has revealed that paraeducators are rarely included in the teaching team (Patterson, 2006). Paraeducators are frequently asked to perform difficult or unpleasant jobs and may not be recognized as important professionals who support the educational system (Giangreco, Suter, & Doyle, 2010; Lucero, 2010). Surveys and interviews have shown that paraeducators view themselves differently from how coworkers view them (Chopra, Sandoval-Lucero, Aragon, Bernal, De Balderas, & Carroll, 2004; Patterson, 2006). The purpose of this phenomenological study was to gain a …

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Understanding The Context And Social Processes That Shape Person- And Family-Centered Culture In Long-Term Care: The Pivotal Role Of Personal Support Workers, Ellen Helena Melis Jan 2020

Understanding The Context And Social Processes That Shape Person- And Family-Centered Culture In Long-Term Care: The Pivotal Role Of Personal Support Workers, Ellen Helena Melis

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This single, exemplar case study explored the context and social processes that shape person-and family-centered culture in a long-term care (LTC) home, using grounded theory and situational analysis for the data collection and analysis. Findings revealed one core dimension: needing to be heard, valued, and understood, and five key roles: personal support workers (PSWs), executive director (ED), senior leadership, nurse managers, and residents and families, which informed five dimensions, each focused on enhancing care for residents: (a) attending to residents’ daily care needs (PSWs), (b) advocating strategically (ED), (c) translating vision into programs and policies (senior leadership), (d) ensuring quality …

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Contextual Creativity And The Experience Of Cultural Pivoting In The Workplace, Jeanine Soucie Jan 2020

Contextual Creativity And The Experience Of Cultural Pivoting In The Workplace, Jeanine Soucie

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore the lived experience of foreign-born professional highly skilled employees living in the United States working for U.S.-centric organizations and the impact the interplay between their ethnic culture and the organization’s culture has had on their creativity in the workplace. Fourteen participants were interviewed and shared their experiences of creativity, providing rich stories. Using grounded theory analysis of their statements revealed five primary dimensions and five theoretical propositions. The study offers a heuristic model of the newly identified concept “cultural pivoting.” This term describes the importance and impact of having access …

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Arising: Hurricane (Superstorm) Sandy’S Impact On Design/Planning Professionals, Maxinne R. Leighton Jan 2020

Arising: Hurricane (Superstorm) Sandy’S Impact On Design/Planning Professionals, Maxinne R. Leighton

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

Standing by my bedroom window, looking out at the ocean, a huge wave comes and swallows up my building. Everything around me is gone, including me. I wake up. I am 13 years old and living in the Coney Island Houses on Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. With ongoing anthropogenic changes to the natural environment such as sea level rise and intensifying storms, coastal communities, especially ones segregated by class and culture, are particularly vulnerable in this context that challenges a way of life, and in some instances, threatens that life's survival. This dissertation focuses specifically on what one massive …

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The Role Of Geospatial Information And Effective Partnerships In The Implementation Of The International Agenda For Sustainable Development, Etta Delores Jackson Jan 2020

The Role Of Geospatial Information And Effective Partnerships In The Implementation Of The International Agenda For Sustainable Development, Etta Delores Jackson

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (2014), repeated the core promise in the 1986 UN Declaration on the Right to Development, in which the General Assembly called for an approach guaranteeing meaningful participation of everyone in development and the fair distribution of the benefits of that development. To this end, partnerships are central and can lead to the dignity of the citizens involved as they participate in the development of their own communities. This dissertation research conducted in Manyatta A and B in the Port City of Kisumu, Kenya sought to do just that. The purpose of this study …

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Emotional Intelligence Of University Librarians In India: An Empirical Study, Mubashir Majid Baba Jan 2020

Emotional Intelligence Of University Librarians In India: An Empirical Study, Mubashir Majid Baba

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examines the level of emotional intelligence and its elements among university librarians as perceived by the library professionals in the institutions of Higher learning in North India. The study follows survey method employing structured questionnaire. Moreover, a multitude of sources like books, journals, databases, and websites of Universities were consulted to get additional insights. There is an above average level of emotional intelligence perceived for the university librarians with most positive perception for the Delhi University. Among the seven dimensions of emotional intelligence, the respondents have reported highest for value orientation and integrity followed by managing relations, emotional …

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Servant-Leadership: A Holistic Life, Jiying Song, Shann Ray Ferch Jan 2020

Servant-Leadership: A Holistic Life, Jiying Song, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.

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The Birth Of The Modern1, Lynne Knight Jan 2020

The Birth Of The Modern1, Lynne Knight

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

When Rodin first felt the looseness of the white Dominican robe Balzac wore to write in, his hands went still in the clay. He stood for a long while, learning the cloth’s heavy fall, letting it find its way to Balzac’s hands, which would hold the robe closed from within, simplifying the figure until nothing human would be noticed but the head in its defiance of a bronze repose.

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The Echoes Of Service, Ijeoma G. Ukeni Jan 2020

The Echoes Of Service, Ijeoma G. Ukeni

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

I hear the garland steps …. zamzamzamzam. Who is coming? ‘Tis our king our manager. He’s got water in his bowl and towel on his shoulders. Would he wash my legs too? Such reversal! Never, not me a follower! That humbles Him too low! Perhaps such preferred humility is not subordination. He’s got reserved power in his hands and remains first amongst equals.

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Spirituality And Servant-Leadership In Teaching Developmental Mathematics, Dan W. Royer, Amy Baize-Ward Jan 2020

Spirituality And Servant-Leadership In Teaching Developmental Mathematics, Dan W. Royer, Amy Baize-Ward

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The purpose of this article is threefold: (a) to describe how spirituality, conceptually informed by servant-leadership, manifests in our teaching practices, (b) to describe how those practices enact support and empathy, which enables our students to succeed in the technical subject of developmental mathematics, and (c) to report our perceptions of student success. We employed a duoethnographic methodology to respond to a common set of questions, highlighting our similarities and differences. In this exchange we explored the setting of our practice, noting disparities between the two-year institutions where we worked. We concluded our experiences, framed through servant-leadership, and described a …

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Reflections On Servant-Leadership And The United Kingdom: Interview With John Noble And Ralph Lewis, Larry C. Spears Jan 2020

Reflections On Servant-Leadership And The United Kingdom: Interview With John Noble And Ralph Lewis, Larry C. Spears

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

[John Noble and Ralph Lewis co-founded the Greenleaf CentreUnited Kingdom in 1997. Both Ralph and John have a passion for developing servant-leaders and a strong belief in its potential for benefiting organizational life. For most of those years, John Noble served as director and Ralph Lewis served as board chair of Greenleaf-U.K. In November 2019, I sat down with them and conducted the following interview to capture their thoughts on servant-leadership, and their role in encouraging others in the U.K. and beyond, over the past 25 years. —Larry Spears]

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Servant First Or Survival First? How Servant-Leaders Lead During Covid-19, Jiying Song Jan 2020

Servant First Or Survival First? How Servant-Leaders Lead During Covid-19, Jiying Song

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The year 2020 has been most challenging for many people all over the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has left almost no one’s life untouched. George Floyd’s death and other race-related incidents also unsettled the world to its core. Ancient lamentation resonates with us today: “How lonely sits the city that once was full of people” (Lamentations 1:1a, NRSV). The statistics help tell the story of this year. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2020) and Johns Hopkins University & Medicine (2020) has confirmed more than 33 million COVID-19 cases worldwide and more than one million deaths in 216 countries. The United …

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Eros And Logos: Servant-Leadership, Feminism, And The Critical Unities Of Gender Well-Being, Shann Ray Ferch Jan 2020

Eros And Logos: Servant-Leadership, Feminism, And The Critical Unities Of Gender Well-Being, Shann Ray Ferch

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Aquestion was asked of me by the inimitable Nike Imoru, a North Londoner raised in Nigeria, an exceptional casting director, and the first woman and person of color to gain a tenured position in the Theatre Department at Hull in the UK (when she was only twenty-eight.) The question: What is your understanding of the masculine in America? Nike’s presence is water from a deep well. Her direction elicited the following.

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The Women’S Project—A Power Balance Issue In The Core Of A Spanish Feminist Organization: A Case Study Inquiry Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership And Feminism, Carla Penha-Vasconcelos Jan 2020

The Women’S Project—A Power Balance Issue In The Core Of A Spanish Feminist Organization: A Case Study Inquiry Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership And Feminism, Carla Penha-Vasconcelos

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The Women’s Project (TWP) is a Spanish based non-profit organization that hired an external consultant to analyze its organizational conflict between the main leaders and its members. TWP requested consultancy services to present a background case study about the organization through the lens of different philosophical approaches that can pose a series of reflective questions that may be used to initiate an internal dialogue towards practicing conflict resolution and a healing process of self-care. The consultant presents the final report with a background case study called The Women’s Project—A power balance issue at the core of a feminist organization with …

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Perceived Servant-Leadership Affects Job Satisfaction In Higher Education: A Literature Review, Haroon Rasheed Baqai Jan 2020

Perceived Servant-Leadership Affects Job Satisfaction In Higher Education: A Literature Review, Haroon Rasheed Baqai

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Faculty and staff play a vital role in the success of higher education institutions and thus are critical assets for colleges and universities (Bateh & Heyliger, 2014; Cordeiro, 2010; Ragaisis, 2018). Satisfied faculty and staff enhance organizational effectiveness by improving the learning environment for students, enhancing student performance, and boosting the institution’s public image (Chen, Yang, Shiau, & Wang, 2006; Siddique, Aslam, Khan, & Fatima, 2011) and long-term success (Kebede & Demeke, 2017). Job satisfaction (JS) is increasingly the focus in managing higher education institutions. High JS among faculty and staff improves productivity and cuts costs by reducing underperformance (Webb, …

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Servant-Leadership And Trust Between Teachers And Principals, Brent Kuykendall, Charles L. Slater Jan 2020

Servant-Leadership And Trust Between Teachers And Principals, Brent Kuykendall, Charles L. Slater

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

A school district in the northeast had as its motto for many years, “We serve youth, that youth may learn to serve.” At first glance, the idea of serving youth may seem overly permissive, but this concept of service did not mean waiting on students, but rather creating an environment in which they would be challenged with a focus on their development. It was based on trust among students, teachers, administrators and parents. This investigation is an examination of trust and servant-leadership between teachers and principals in elementary school.

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How To Communicate Servant-Leadership: An Exploration Of Relational Communication And Employee Outcomes, David Sloan, Alan Mikkelson, Timothy Wilkinson Jan 2020

How To Communicate Servant-Leadership: An Exploration Of Relational Communication And Employee Outcomes, David Sloan, Alan Mikkelson, Timothy Wilkinson

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Can supervisors intentionally communicate messages that signal traits of servant-leadership and that influence organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions? Organizational supervisors are in a unique position to influence the employee experience (Myers, Seibold, & Park, 2011). A substantial body of research has documented the ability of a supervisor to influence employee attitudes such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions (e.g., Bliss & Fallon, 2003; Brown & Yoshioka, 2003; Epitropaki & Martin, 2005; Fleishman, 1998; Jaskyte, 2003; McColl-Kennedy & Anderson, 2005; Walumbwa & Lawler, 2003). Within organizational behavior research, servant-leadership has emerged as one of the prominent leadership …

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Teaching And Learning Servantleadership In The Outdoors, Jerome Gabriel, Sydney Sklar, Jessica Monu Jan 2020

Teaching And Learning Servantleadership In The Outdoors, Jerome Gabriel, Sydney Sklar, Jessica Monu

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

In the field of outdoor education a great deal of emphasis has been placed on evaluating instructional processes as they are used to develop leadership competencies (Berman & Berman, 2009; Buell, 1981; Gabriel, 2015; Green, 1981; Holladay & Sklar, 2012; Martin, Cashel, Wagstaff, & Breunig, 2006; Priest, 1984, 1986; Raiola & Sugerman, 1999). A limited body of outdoor leadership research has evaluated particular leadership frameworks, such as situational leadership theory (Hersey & Blanchard, 1981; Gabriel, 2015), to determine if leadership practices align with a particular leadership model in question. To advance professional knowledge of outdoor leadership theory and practice, the …

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Selma: An Exploration Of The Womanist Lens And The Servant-Leader, Carmen Dela Cruz Jan 2020

Selma: An Exploration Of The Womanist Lens And The Servant-Leader, Carmen Dela Cruz

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Most of the Black community remember where they were the day the news broke that Barack Obama would be the 44th president of the United States. In 2008, I was living in the historic city of Atlanta where I had left behind the dust of an unpaved country road in Russellville, Arkansas. I had wondered then if any of the inhabitants of the predominately White town were somewhere celebrating too. I stared at the screen in the hip Inman Park area with my brother and mixture of folks of different races, and we took to the streets and started shouting …

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Receptive Communication: A Holistic Orientation For Servant-Leaders, Stephen Michael Tumolo Jan 2020

Receptive Communication: A Holistic Orientation For Servant-Leaders, Stephen Michael Tumolo

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

Robert Greenleaf’s vision of servant-leadership continues to grow, attracting leaders and organizations who resonate with its values (Ferch, Spears, McFarland, & Carey, 2015). Servantleadership scholarship furthers this vision and supports growth in a variety of ways, including: defining and clarifying the essence of servant-leadership, inspiring those who aspire to serve and lead, operationalizing theory through application to organizational settings, creating measures for servant-leadership, and reviewing and synthesizing literature (van Dierendonck, 2010).

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An Evaluation Of Moonlight’S Intersectional Pedagogy: How Does Identity Affect Leadership?, Matthew Williams Jan 2020

An Evaluation Of Moonlight’S Intersectional Pedagogy: How Does Identity Affect Leadership?, Matthew Williams

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

I grew up as white, catholic, American, heterosexual male in a top 5% income household in a safe neighborhood, with some lifealtering, yet not terminal medical issues. Because of this privilege, I was able to focus on my unlimited education to the near exclusion of all else for the first two decades of my life, allowing me to fall in love with learning, with challenging intellectual discussions, with magis, and with cura personalis. Yet as my undergraduate career draws to a close, I find myself questioning how those circumstances affected what I learned, questioning if and how the self-awareness I …

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Up And Going, Ijeoma G. Ukeni Jan 2020

Up And Going, Ijeoma G. Ukeni

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The rooster hasn’t crowed The mister didn’t know For to him, what matters is to work go She has her lantern She has her tools to make the batter For to her, to feed her young is all that matters See as they march to battle They’ll conquer; both great and small don’t belittle For they march on, even in the face of death, so unrattled.

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The Sudden Holy1, Lynne Knight Jan 2020

The Sudden Holy1, Lynne Knight

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

The tedium of personal history, the stories and their repetitions. And then a body stripped of all sense of itself beyond the fundamentals: pain, hunger, whatever primitive needs keep it twisting in the night. Some days you believe you can will her back. Call her name, say key words—huckleberry, plate glass, maple—and she’ll come running like a child from the dark. Even now, ten years after her death, you believe it, fool that you choose to be over the cynic scoffing in ridicule.

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