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“Envelopes of Air” | The New Yorker

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We hope you enjoyed your free article. Subscribe to The New Yorker for $29.99 $6, plus get a free tote. Cancel anytime. F rom January through September of 2017, the poets Natalie Diaz and Ada Limón conducted an inspired and collaborative correspondence. The resulting poem-letters reveal, as most missives do, their writers’ lives, but also a time and a place—one in which the immigration officers of ICE are as present figures as the poets’ partners and lovers—that ultimately expose and explore the American character. Throughout the exchange, much of which occurred while the writers separately travelled the country, a rich physical and emotional landscape emerges; as the poets navigate their own experiences, they ask questions about heritage, place, nature, the body, language, and dislocation—challenging themselves, one another, and their readers to develop a more nuanced understanding of what home is, and of what it could be. These epistles chart a world in the throes of change. They cha

“Envelopes of Air” | The New Yorker Skip to main content Subscribe » poems “Envelopes of Air” Two poets forge a bond amid the shifting landscape of contemporary America. by Ada Limón and Natalie Diaz Illustrations by Rachel Levit Ruiz May 23, 2018 Cargo Limón to Diaz Eastbound, Soon Diaz to Limón Sometimes I Think My Body… Limón to Diaz Isn’t the Air Also a Body, Moving? Diaz to Limón Sway Limón to Diaz From the Desire Field Diaz to Limón From the Ash Inside the Bone Limón to Diaz That Which Cannot Be Stilled Diaz to Limón Cargo — Ada Limón F rom January through September of 2017, the poe

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