The Carrying Av Ada Limon

<p><b>WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY 2019</b><br><b><br>Ada Lim¿n is a poet of ecstatic revelation . . . a book of deep wisdom and urgent vulnerability'' Tracy K. Smith, <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''Vulnerable, tender, acute . . . <i>The Carrying</i> is a gift'' </b><b>Natasha Trethewey, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former US Poet Laureate</b><br><br><b>''Exquisite poems'' Roxane Gay</b><br><br>From National Book Critics Circle Award Winner Ada Lim¿n comes <i>The Carrying - </i>her most powerful collection yet.<br><br>Vulnerable, tender, acute, these are serious poems, brave poems, exploring with honesty the ambiguous moment between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. A daughter tends to aging parents. A woman struggles with infertility - ''What if, instead of carrying / a child, I am supposed to carry grief?'' - and a body seized by pain and vertigo as well as ecstasy. A nation convulses: ''Every song of this country / has an unsung thi