{"product_id":"startlement-new-and-selected-poems-9781639550517","title":"Startlement: New and Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStartlement\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of rare treasures. With lyrical mastery and intimate storytelling, Limón's poetry reveals new ways of paying attention. This powerful collection is a gift.\"--Amy Tan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn essential collection spanning nearly twenty years of emphatic, fearlessly original poetry from one of America's most celebrated living writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from six previously published books--including widely acclaimed collections \u003ci\u003eThe Hurting Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Carrying\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBright Dead Things\u003c\/i\u003e--as well as vibrant new work, \u003ci\u003eStartlement\u003c\/i\u003e exalts the mysterious. With a tender curiosity, Ada Limón wades into potent unknowns--the strangeness of our brief human lives, the ever-changing nature of the universe--and emerges each time with new revelations about our place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth a lush overview of her work and a powerful narrative of a poet's life, this curation embodies Limón's capacity for \"deep attention,\" her \"power to open us up to the wonder and awe that the world still inspires\" (The New York Times). From the chaos of youthful desire, to the waxing of love and loss, to the precarity of our environment, to the stars and beyond, Limón's poetry bears witness to the arc of all we know with patient lyricism and humble wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poet of ecstatic revelation\" (Tracy K. Smith), Limón encourages us to meet our shared futures with open and hungry hearts, assuring \"What we are becoming, we are \/ becoming together.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ada Limón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639550517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2025 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAda Limón \u003c\/b\u003eis the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States. She is the editor of the \u003ci\u003eYou Are Here\u003c\/i\u003e anthology and the author of five collections of poems, including \u003ci\u003eThe Carrying\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named a finalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award and \u003ci\u003eBright Dead Things\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. She's also the author of the picture book \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e based on the poem engraved on NASA's Europa Clipper. Limón is a MacArthur Fellow, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was named a \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e Woman of the Year. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Poetry Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Glen Ellen, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47324212658390,"sku":"9781639550517","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_d0f6e5bd-04f3-4a8a-97fb-3daf7274cf2f.jpg?v=1759233396","url":"https:\/\/tiabookcellar.com\/products\/startlement-new-and-selected-poems-9781639550517","provider":"tia book cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}