Sharks in the Rivers Limn Ada
Sharks in the Rivers Limn Ada 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,…
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Sharks in the Rivers Limn Ada
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. Throughout Sharks in the Rivers, Limn 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. 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 Limn reminds us, even rats find themselves trapped by the garbage cans they've crawled into.In such a world, how should one proceed?
Loss is perpetual, and each person's mouth "is the same / mouth as everyone's, all trying to say the same thing." For Limn, it's the