Ada Limón's Carrying is a deeply personal poetry collection exploring fertility struggles, desire for motherhood, and what it means to carry hope, grief, and love. Through vulnerable and precise language, Limón examines the body's failures and resilience, the weight of expectations, and finding meaning when life doesn't follow the script we imagined. The collection becomes both intimate confession and universal meditation on longing, loss, and the many things we carry through life.

WHY WE PICKED IT: Because Limón writes about infertility and longing with honesty that refuses easy comfort or resolution. These poems remind us that some desires remain unfulfilled, that grief and hope can coexist, and that poetry can hold the complexity of what it means to want something desperately.

DETAILS: • Author: Ada Limón • Publisher: Milkweed Editions • Format: Paperback • Publication Date: April 13, 2021 • ISBN: 9781571315137 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days