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Treading Water

Treading Water ( e s s a y) As long as I have been able to ao ff rd it in my adult life, I have found, whenever possible, a swimming pool. I learned to swim in Canada of all places, the only little black girl in my swimming class. I had been anxious to get in the water for as long as I could remember. My only delay was the tubes I’d had put in my ears at three years old. I come from island people, and my love of water happens on the preree fl ctive level, joyfully, and with abandon. e Th 48 T H E M I S S O U R I R E V I E W / S U M M E R 2 0 1 6 Treading Water Dionne Irving Photo courtesy of the author smells of sea, of salt, of chlorine, of damp, slightly moldy bathing suits— all make me happy. My people come from Hong Kong, India, Africa, Scotland, and have ended up in Jamaica, Canada, and now the United States. I am the first who will have lived most of my life here. My fam- ily history is a collection http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Missouri Review University of Missouri

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University of Missouri
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Abstract

( e s s a y) As long as I have been able to ao ff rd it in my adult life, I have found, whenever possible, a swimming pool. I learned to swim in Canada of all places, the only little black girl in my swimming class. I had been anxious to get in the water for as long as I could remember. My only delay was the tubes I’d had put in my ears at three years old. I come from island people, and my love of water happens on the preree fl ctive level, joyfully, and with abandon. e Th 48 T H E M I S S O U R I R E V I E W / S U M M E R 2 0 1 6 Treading Water Dionne Irving Photo courtesy of the author smells of sea, of salt, of chlorine, of damp, slightly moldy bathing suits— all make me happy. My people come from Hong Kong, India, Africa, Scotland, and have ended up in Jamaica, Canada, and now the United States. I am the first who will have lived most of my life here. My fam- ily history is a collection

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The Missouri ReviewUniversity of Missouri

Published: Jul 7, 2016

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