{"product_id":"9781472159977-sharks-in-the-rivers","title":"Sharks in the Rivers","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished in 2010, Ada Limon's debut collection \u003ci\u003eSharks in the Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e announced the arrival of a beloved poet - now the 24th US Poet Laureate, National Book Award winner, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine woman of the year 2024. An extraordinary collection - at once urbane and earthy - \u003ci\u003eSharks in the Rivers \u003c\/i\u003enavigates the thoroughfares and tributaries of human nature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 and it is also full of risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn such a world, how should one proceed? Throughout \u003ci\u003eSharks in the Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e, Limón 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 Limón, 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'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41719049683041,"sku":"9781472159977","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26038759.jpg?v=1720639684","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472159977-sharks-in-the-rivers","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}