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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]
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]
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Ada Limón’s poems are out of this world, literally. This month, the U.S. Poet Laureate’s “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa,” which was engraved on NASA spacecraft Europa Clipper ...
Award-winning Mexican American poet Ada Limón has been appointed to serve a historic two-year second term as the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
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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]
But in crafting a poem for the Europa Clipper launch, the U.S. Poet Laureate focused her affections toward Earth itself. Here, read Limón’s thoughts on the poem, the launch, and the role of ...