Drawing from her own experiences as the 24th US poet laureate, Limon shares how poetry connects us not only to each other but to the natural world. This theme is at the heart of her project You Are Here, which celebrates the beauty of our environment and our place in it. Her prose, like her poetry, feels like an open invitation–welcoming readers of all backgrounds to explore the richness of human experience through verse. Fans of Robin Wall Kimmerer, Matthew Zapruder, or Jesmyn Ward will find a kindred spirit in Against Breaking–which offers a refuge, a reminder of the resilience and beauty found within us and all around us. As Limon writes with heartfelt clarity, ‘If you need to remember what makes us human, tender, brave, flawed, and worthy of love, you need poetry.’
