The speaker in this extraordinary collection finds herself multiply dislocated from her childhood in California from her familyampampamprsquos roots in Mexico from a dying parent from her prior self. The world is always in motionampampampmdashboth toward and away from usampampampmdashand it is also full of risk from sharks unexpectedly lurking beneath estuarial rivers to the dangers of New York City where as Limampampampoacuten reminds us even rats find themselves trapped by the garbage cans theyampampamprsquove crawled into. In such a world how should one proceed Throughout Sharks in the Rivers Limampampampoacuten suggests that we must cleave to the world as it ampampampldquokeeps opening before usampampamprdquo for if we pay attention we can be one with its complex ephemeral and beautiful strangeness.