In All Spaces Liminal
YPL 2024–25
Liminal is derived from the Latin “limen,” meaning threshold. It is a place of transition, a time of waiting, and not knowing the future. It is the space between where you have been and where you will go, when what comes next is still uncertain. Liminality is not arrival or conclusion but the state of becoming.
In All Spaces Liminal exists in that space: between past and future, presence and absence, holding on and letting go. It is the tenth collection in the Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Series.
Janae Lu is a writer whose work explores the nuances of transition, identity, and self-discovery through free-verse poetry and creative prose. She is the 2024-25 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate, a junior at Tesla STEM High School, the chair of the Redmond Teen Advisory Board, and a second-year member of the Seattle Youth Poetry Fellowship. When not writing she can be found doing endless amounts of homework, overanalyzing Taylor Swift lyrics, and adding to her forever growing book collection.
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