RaveThe West Trade Review... contains, in short, so much hurt yet so much comfort. Vulnerable and strikingly written, The Hurting Kind explores suffering as it exists alongside love and beauty in a rich, complicated, and often troubled world. Dualities abound throughout the collection. Life and death, pain and delight, and connection and longing twine together through these poems that speak to memory, family, friendships, and connection to the natural world ... The collection also abounds in stunning imagery, and Limón’s knack for conjuring arresting lines is at its best when she situates images with unexpected company ... Limón’s whole work is a testament to the conjoined nature of these dualities. In doing so, she strikes a balance that could be difficult to achieve: allowing each of those emotional spaces room to be stated without smothering the other. She recounts suffering as earnestly as delight without overdramatization and offers examples of love and beauty without sugarcoating.
