![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While some theories of poetry argue for silencing the I of authorship, Ada Limn’s brand of poetry is personal and emotionally honest. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, American Poetry Review, Oxford American, and Guernica. Bright Dead Things by Ada Limn (2015, Milkweed Editions) 11 paper ISBN: 978-1571314710 In life’s trajectory from childhood story hour to adult happy hour, good storytellers are in demand. About the Author: Ada Limón is the author of four poetry collections. Review of Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón. Building on the legacies of forebears such as Frank O'Hara, Sharon Olds, and Mark Doty, Limón's work is consistently generous, accessible, and "effortlessly lyrical" ( New York Times)-though every observed moment feels complexly thought, felt, and lived. Ada Limón has often been a poet who wears her heart on her sleeve, but in these extraordinary poems that heart becomes a "huge beating genius machine" striving to embrace and understand the fullness of the present moment. A finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Bright Dead Things examines the dangerous thrill of living in a world you must leave one day and the search to find something that is "disorderly, and marvelous, and ours."Ī book of bravado and introspection, of feminist swagger and harrowing loss, this fourth collection considers how we build our identities out of place and human contact-tracing in intimate detail the ways the speaker's sense of self both shifts and perseveres as she moves from New York City to rural Kentucky, loses a dear parent, ages past the capriciousness of youth, and falls in love. reviewed by Kevin O’Connor Critically acclaimed poet Ada Limón’s fourth book, Bright Dead Things (2015), broke through to a relatively large audienceand for good reason. ![]()
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