Book

Rivermouth : a chronicle of language, faith, and migration

Call Number

  • 305.906912 O481 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Astra House, [2023]

Physical Description

297 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"Rivermouth is a polemic arguing for porous borders, a decriminalization of immigration, a more open sense of what we owe one another, and a willingness to extend radical empathy"--

In this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronicle of her experience interpreting at the US-Mexico border. Having worked with asylum seekers since 2016, she knows all too well the gravity of taking someone's trauma and delivering it to the warped demands of the U.S. immigration system. As Oliva's stunning prose recounts the stories of the people she's met through her work, she also traces her family's long and fluid relationship to the border--each generation born on opposite sides of the Rio Grande.

Contents

  • Preface: the river, the table, the wall
  • Caminante no hay Camino
  • Sobremesa
  • El Azote --Afterword.

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