The speaker in this extraordinary collection finds herself multiply dislocated from her childhood in California from her familyamprsquos roots in Mexico from a dying parent from her prior self. The world is always in motionampmdashboth toward and away from usampmdashand it is also full of risk from sharks unexpectedly lurking beneath estuarial rivers to the dangers of New York City where as Limampoacuten reminds us even rats find themselves trapped by the garbage cans theyamprsquove crawled into. In such a world how should one proceed Throughout Sharks in the Rivers Limampoacuten suggests that we must cleave to the world as it ampldquokeeps opening before usamprdquo for if we pay attention we can be one with its complex ephemeral and beautiful strangeness. Loss is perpetual and each personamprsquos mouth ampldquois the same mouth as everyoneamprsquos all trying to say the same thing.amprdquo For Limampoacuten itamprsquos the sayingampmdashindividual and collective ampmdash that transforms each of us into ampldquoa wound overcome by wonderamprdquo that allows ampldquothe wind itselfamprdquo to be our ampldquoown wild whisper.amprdquo