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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.�