Overview
The speaker in this extraordinary collection finds herself multiply dislocated: from her childhood in California, from her family's roots in Mexico, from a dying parent, from her prior self. The world is always in motion--both toward and away from us--and it is also full of risk: from sharks unexpectedly lurking beneath estuarial rivers to the dangers of New York City, where, as Lim n reminds us, even rats find themselves trapped by the garbage cans they've crawled into.
In such a world, how should one proceed? Throughout Sharks in the Rivers, Lim n suggests that we must cleave to the world as it "keep s] opening before us," for, if we pay attention, we can be one with its complex, ephemeral, and beautiful strangeness. Loss is perpetual, and each person's mouth "is the same / mouth as everyone's, all trying to say the same thing." For Lim n, it's the saying--individual and collective -- that transforms each of us into "a wound overcome by wonder," that allows "the wind itself" to be our "own wild whisper."
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781571314383
- ISBN-10: 1571314385
- Publisher: Milkweed Editions
- Publish Date: October 2010
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.35 pounds
- Page Count: 96
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