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Ada Limón (born March 28, 1976) is an American poet. [1] On July 12, 2022, she was named the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States by the Librarian of Congress. [2] [3] [4] This made her the first Latina to be Poet Laureate of the United States. [5]
Limón deliberately avoided creating a collection with a "narrative arc". [1] [2] Instead, Limón organized the poems into sections corresponding to the four seasons. [2]Some of the poems in the collection were written during isolation induced by the COVID-19 pandemic, and were sent by Limón as "gifts" to people she could not see in person prior to publication in The Hurting Kind. [3]
Appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the poet laureate's office is administered by the Center for the Book. For children's poets, the Poetry Foundation awards the Young People's Poet Laureate. [1] The incumbent poet laureate (since 2022) is Ada Limón. [2]
The press publishes books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by such authors as Ada Limón, Danusha Laméris, Ed Ochester, Gerald Stern, and Patricia Jabbeh Wesley.Other prominent Autumn House authors include Sheryl St. Germain, who was named the Louisiana Writer of the Year in 2018, [4] Cameron Barnett, who received the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards for Emerging Artist and whose ...
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[9] [10] [11] Smith's idea for the podcast was inspired by a reading series she was doing called "American Conversations: Celebrating Poems in Rural Communities". [12] She was travelling throughout the country for the reading series from 2017 to 2019. [13] The first two seasons of the podcast were hosted by Tracy K. Smith. [14]
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