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National Book Award finalist Limón (Bright Dead Things) here weaves nature, family, and grief into a stunning collection. Several poems recount the loss of the speaker's first husband from a drug overdose, but although pains are often described—whether caused by grief, infertility, or a crooked spine—Limón's poems sing with the joy of life: "I wish to be untethered and tethered all at once, my skin/ singes the sheets and there's a tremor in the marrow." Th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More