Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry

Author:   Ada Limón
Publisher:   Scribner Book Company
ISBN:  

9781668224724


Pages:   80
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry


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Author:   Ada Limón
Publisher:   Scribner Book Company
Imprint:   Scribner Book Company
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.136kg
ISBN:  

9781668224724


ISBN 10:   1668224720
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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One of LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2026 ""Limón is here to remind us (or convince us) of the importance of poetry...I am very much looking forward to [her] case for why poetry matters, and how it can heal us and connect us, and enrich our lives in ways we didn't even think possible."" --Jonny Diamond, LitHub ""A graceful, moving tribute, and a gift to readers."" --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)


""A graceful, moving tribute, and a gift to readers."" --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)


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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.

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