Pulled from her previous six collections and spanning her 20-year career as a poet, Startlement will do just that with its precise beauty, lush and generous language, its wisdom about what it is to be living in this world. If you only buy one book of poetry this year, you’ll be glad it’s this!
Startlement by Ada Limón, (List Price: $28, Milkweed Editions, 9781639550517, September 2025)
Reviewed by Johanna Hynes, Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky