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 usand it is also full of risk: from sharks unexpectedly lurking beneath estuarial rivers to the dangers of New York City, where, as Limon 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," Limon suggests that we must cleave to the world as...
The speaker in this extraordinary collection finds herself multiply dislocated: from her childhood in California, from her family s roots in Mexico, f...
Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you know you have to leave one day, and the search to find something that is ultimately disorderly, and marvelous, and ours. A book of bravado and introspection, of 21st century feminist swagger and harrowing terror and loss, this fourth collection considers how we build our identities out of place and human contacttracing in intimate detail the various ways the speaker s sense of self both shifts and perseveres as she moves from New York City to rural Kentucky, loses a dear parent, ages...
Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you know you have to leave one day, and the searc...