Ada Limón Book Recommendations
Ada Limón is a poet. Writer & Observer & 24th Poet Laureate of the United States
You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems
Maya Abu Al-HayyatAda LimónThe poems just shatter the heart. Yesterday, I met with 550 high school students and we grieved and manifested together. Everything feels crucial. Even poems.
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookYou Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
Ada LimónAda LimónOne wonderful thing I learned about was from Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s poem, “Heliophilia”: Rhubarb makes a wild popping or crackling noise when it grows in the dark. Now I’ve seen videos of this occurrence and I love it. We have yet to truly understand the language of plants.
Hardcover, 2024
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookGhost in a Black Girl's Throat
Khalisa RaeAda LimónDay 5 of #thesealeychallenge and I’m celebrating the brilliant new book Ghost in a Black Girl’s Throat by @k_lisarae. Had the pleasure of working with her while she was in graduate school. THE TALENT! https://t.co/7pMafg1ZPv
Paperback, 2021
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first bookPostcolonial Love Poem: Poems
Natalie DiazAda LimónI am holding @NatalieGDiaz in my heart today as her book POST COLONIAL LOVE POEM is released into the world. This smart review by @emiliapoet guides us into the work brilliantly. Brava! https://t.co/cv41KheBCD
Paperback, 2020
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first bookPraisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
Crystal WilkinsonAda Limón...a cookbook and a memoir combined that celebrates generations of Black women in Appalachia. Wilkinson always has a way of saying it true and making me weep.
Hardcover, 2024
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookAll the Flowers Kneeling
Paul TranAda LimónI love this book. There’s a heightened sense of music and a marvelous attention to form and voice. A true powerhouse of a debut.
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Book of the Dead
Muriel RukeyserAda Limón"What three things can never be done?/ Forget. Keep silent. Stand alone." Muriel Rukeyser, from "The Book of the Dead."
Paperback, 2018
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir
Ingrid Rojas ContrerasAda Limóna very intense memoir about her experience of finding out about her grandfather’s powers to heal people. It’s all mixed in with the real and violent history of Colombia.
Hardcover, 2022
$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first bookLucky Wreck: Poems
Ada LimónAda LimónSo honored to be interviewed by @LatinoUSA! Talking about my first book Lucky Wreck and its 15th anniversary edition released by @AutumnHousePrs. https://t.co/UV7zUqoCj3
Paperback, 2021
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first bookThe Friend (National Book Award Winner)
Sigrid NunezAda LimónOkay, I’ve just finished Sigrid Nunez’s The Friend and wow. I’m so moved and I want to read it again. Mainly, a beautiful written novel about grief, writing, and a dog. Apparently it’s my life.
Paperback, 2019
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book