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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 ]
About the Author and Illustrator: Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her most recent book of poetry, The Hurting Kind, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. She is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States and the recipient of a ...
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 sixth collection of verse, "The Hurting Kind," moves through pandemic isolation and other fears to a tentative, hopeful emergence. Ada Limón is the poet of our lonely, terrifying ...
The U.S. Poet Laureate and author of 'In Praise of Mystery' on Maggie Nelson, 'Less,' and the book that surprised her.
Ada Limón, the new U.S. Poet Laureate, talks about poetry's role in recording the pandemic and the last thing that made her cry.
The third season was launched on September 21, 2021, and was hosted by Ada Limón. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The show has featured politicians such as Anthony Scaramucci and Janet Napolitano . [ 18 ]
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