Against Breaking
On the Power of Poetry
Published on 7. April 2026
80 pages
978-1-6682-2473-1 (ISBN)
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24th Poet Laureate of the United States Ada Limón inspires us to see poetry as much more than just words?as a powerful force for healing, a call to action, and a vibrant celebration of humanity's many voices.
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Ada Limón is the author of seven books of poetry, including Startlement: New & Selected Poems; The Hurting Kind, which was a finalist for the Griffin Prize; The Carrying, which won the National Books Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award; and Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Limón is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was named a 2024 Time Woman of the Year. She is the author of two picture books, In Praise of Mystery as well as And, Too, The Fox, and was the editor of the anthology You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World. She served as the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States.
