RaveThe RumpusThe uncanny thing about this book is the way every word seems prefigured by the cover, the title, the length and width of the volume itself (longer and wider than usual), as well as its glossy softness ... Before I opened this book, I felt I was already inside it. Once I opened this book, the poet’s words were inside me, lodged like splinters I didn’t want to (couldn’t) remove: silver and glinting, their essential and persistent pierce ... The poems in Lima :: Limón take many shapes on the page. The chorus of speakers in this book require many shapes to sing their stories of heartbreak and perseverance ... a feat of exceptional pain and power.
