Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration
Written by Alejandra Oliva
Narrated by Angela Juarez
4.5/5
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In Rivermouth, Oliva focuses on the physical spaces that make up different phases of immigration and looks at how language and opportunity move through each of them; from the river as the waterway that separates the US and Mexico, to the table as the place over which Oliva prepares asylum seekers for their Credible Fear Interviews, and finally, to the wall as the behemoth imposition that runs along America's southernmost border.
As investigative and analytical as she is meditative and introspective, sharp as she is lyrical, and incisive as she is compassionate, in Rivermouth, Oliva argues for a better world while guiding us through the suffering that makes the fight necessary and the joy that makes it worth fighting for.
Editor's Note
‘Required reading’…
Called “required reading” by Publishers Weekly, Oliva’s affecting memoir-in-essays chronicles her work as a translator for migrants and asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Witnessing firsthand how America’s detention centers and immigration policies strip the hungry, terrified, and hopeless of their dignity, Oliva presses for empathy and a more humane future. This is fuel not only for righteous anger but also for immediate action.
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