Books by Ada Limon and Complete Book Reviews

Sharks in the Rivers
Sharks in the Rivers
Ada Limón, Milkweed (PGW, dist.), $16 (96p) ISBN 978-1-57131-438-3
Vigor, intensity, and informality mark the volatile free verse of this third collection from Limón (this big fake world), who pays homage at once to the dangers in this world (and in the lives of her sometimes ill-fated acquaintances) and to the...
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The Carrying
The Carrying
Ada Limón. Milkweed, $22 (104p) ISBN 978-1-57131-512-0
“I will/ never get over making everything/ such a big deal,” declares Limón (Bright Dead Things) in her gorgeous, thought-provoking fifth collection, in which small moments convey “the strange idea of continuous living.” Materialist rather than...
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And, Too, the Fox
Ada Limón, illus. by Gaby D’Alessandro. Carolrhoda, $18.99 (24p) ISBN 979-8-7657-3925-2
In soaring lines of poetry that feel as graceful as the creature they describe, Limón (In Praise of Mystery) considers a fox seen in a fenced backyard, “flashing across the lawn,// squirrel bound and bouncing” with characteristic vulpine leaps. D’Ale
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Bright Dead Things
Bright Dead Things
Ada Limón. Milkweed (PGW, dist.), $16 trade paper (100p) ISBN 978-1-57131-471-0
Limón (Sharks in the Rivers) goes into deep introspection mode in a fourth collection in which her speakers struggle with loss and alienation. As her poems move across varied geographies (New York, Kentucky, California), Limón narrates experiences...
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