THE CARRYING Audiobook Preview by Milkweed Editions

From National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Ada Limón comes THE CARRYING—her most powerful collection yet—and for the first time, available in audiobook at milkweed.org or anywhere audiobooks are sold.

“Ada Limón’s new collection is her best yet, a much needed shot of if not hope, then perseverance amidst much uncertainty.”—NPR

“[In THE CARRYING], the National Book Award-nominated poet pens paeans to the world's limitless capacity to astonish.”—O, The Oprah Magazine

“THE CARRYING is one of Ada Limón‘s best. Even in poems about racism, misogyny, violence, and the darkness that often accompanies life, Limón's resiliency shines through.”—Bitch Media

“Exquisite poems about love, fertility, desire, this natural world we move through, the political climate, so much more.”—Roxane Gay, Goodreads

“THE CARRYING is dazzling, precise, transformative and deeply humane. Ada Limón is an American treasure.”—Jami Attenberg

“In these poems, joy and longing and grief sing with a music that—regardless of what I am burdened or blessed to carry—makes me want to live passionately and fully in the difficult world. THE CARRYING is a gift.”—Natasha Trethewey

Contains tracks

• "Would You Rather" from THE CARRYING by Ada Limón by Milkweed Editions
• “A New National Anthem” from THE CARRYING by Ada Limón by Milkweed Editions
• “The Contract Says We‘d Like The Conversation To Be Bilingual” from THE CARRYING by Ada Limón by Milkweed Editions
• “The Last Drop” from THE CARRYING by Ada Limón by Milkweed Editions