Bibliograph

Rivermouth, a chronicle of language, faith, and migration, Alejandra Oliva

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Rivermouth, a chronicle of language, faith, and migration, Alejandra Oliva

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rivermouth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1346215513

Responsibility statement

Alejandra Oliva

Sub title

a chronicle of language, faith, and migration

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"--, Provided by publisherIn this powerful and deeply felt memoir of translation, storytelling, and borders, Alejandra Oliva, a Mexican-American translator and immigrant justice activist, offers a powerful chronical 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

Target audience

adult

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