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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD
From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón comes The Carrying—her most powerful collection yet.
Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. A daughter tends to aging parents. A woman struggles with infertility—“What if, instead of carrying / a child, I am supposed to carry grief?”—and a body seized by pain and vertigo as well as ecstasy. A nation convulses: “Every song of this country / has an unsung third stanza, something brutal.” And still Limón shows us, as ever, the persistence of hunger, love, and joy, the dizzying fullness of our too-short lives. “Fine then, / I’ll take it,” she writes. “I’ll take it all.”
In Bright Dead Things, Limón showed us a heart “giant with power, heavy with blood”—“the huge beating genius machine / that thinks, no, it knows, / it’s going to come in first.” In her follow-up collection, that heart is on full display—even as The Carrying continues further and deeper into the bloodstream, following the hard-won truth of what it means to live in an imperfect world.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Milkweed Editions (April 13, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 120 pages
ISBN-10 : 1571315136
ISBN-13 : 978-1571315137
Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
Dimensions : 5.4 x 0.4 x 8.4 inches
Customers say
Customers praise the book for its beautiful, impressionistic writing style and depth of exploration of life’s complexity. They find the poems insightful and lyrical, with an intelligent yet straightforward approach. The collection is described as compelling and a must-read for anyone seeking poetry that speaks to the heart. Readers appreciate the author’s language, describing it as less figurative and more literal, with a giving, generous spirit. They also appreciate the satisfying pacing and joy of spending time with each line.
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