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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]
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 ...
U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, a resident of Lexington, is collaborating with NASA on an upcoming mission that will see one of her poems land among the stars.
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Ada Limón's sense of urgency and mission is what readers and colleagues avidly embrace in her work. Ada Limón Named the 24th U. S. Poet Laureate Skip to main content
The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry is appointed by the Librarian of Congress and usually serves a two-year term. In making the appointment, the Librarian consults with current and former poets laureate and other distinguished personalities in the field.
The Sonoma-born Ada Limón, the new U.S. poet laureate, writes poems that 'ground us in where we are and who we share our world with.'