Celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of Ada Limón’s award-winning debut poetry collection, this edition includes a new introduction by the poet that reflects on the book and how her writing practice has developed over time.< from="" the="" new="" introduction="" by="" the="" author:="" "i="" expected="" to="" meet="" a="" stranger,="" someone="" naive="" and="" very="" different="" than="" what="" i="" remember,="" but="" lucky="" wreck="" is="" not="" a="" stranger="" at="" all.="" lucky="" wreck="" is="" me="" at="" the="" beginning,="" at="" a="" doorway.="" it="" is,="" quite="" simply,="" where="" 'i'="" began."="" the="" poems="" in="" lucky="" wreck="" trace="" the="" excitement="" of="" plans="" and="" the="" necessary="" swerving="" detours="" we="" must="" take="" when="" those="" plans="" fail.="" looking="" to="" shipwrecks="" on="" the="" television,="" road="" trips="" ending="" in="" traffic="" accidents,="" and="" homes="" that="" become="" sites="" of="" infestation,="" ada="" limón="" finds="" threads="" of="" hope="" amid="" an="" array="" of="" small="" tragedies="" and="" significant="" setbacks.="" open,="" honest,="" and="" grounded,="" the="" poems="" in="" this="" collection="" seek="" answers="" to="" familiar="" questions="" and="" teach="" us="" ways="" to="" cope="" with="" the="" pain="" of="" many="" losses="" with="" earnestness="" and="" humor.="" through="" the="" wrecks,="" these="" poems="" continue="" to="" offer="" assurance.="" from="" the="" new="" introduction="" by="" the="" author:="" "i="" expected="" to="" meet="" a="" stranger,="" someone="" naive="" and="" very="" different="" than="" what="" i="" remember,="" but="" lucky="" wreck="" is="" not="" a="" stranger="" at="" all.="" lucky="" wreck="" is="" me="" at="" the="" beginning,="" at="" a="" doorway.="" it="" is,="" quite="" simply,="" where="" 'i'="" began."="" the="" poems="" in="" lucky="" wreck="" trace="" the="" excitement="" of="" plans="" and="" the="" necessary="" swerving="" detours="" we="" must="" take="" when="" those="" plans="" fail.="" looking="" to="" shipwrecks="" on="" the="" television,="" road="" trips="" ending="" in="" traffic="" accidents,="" and="" homes="" that="" become="" sites="" of="" infestation,="" ada="" limón="" finds="" threads="" of="" hope="" amid="" an="" array="" of="" small="" tragedies="" and="" significant="" setbacks.="" open,="" honest,="" and="" grounded,="" the="" poems="" in="" this="" collection="" seek="" answers="" to="" familiar="" questions="" and="" teach="" us="" ways="" to="" cope="" with="" the="" pain="" of="" many="" losses="" with="" earnestness="" and="" humor.="" through="" the="" wrecks,="" these="" poems="" continue="" to="" offer="" assurance.="">