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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 ]
[1] [2] [3] The podcast is produced by American Public Radio, funded by the Poetry Foundation, and supported by the Library of Congress. [4] The podcast debuted on November 26, 2018, and was later made available as a radio program on January 14, 2019. [5] [6] Episodes are released every weekday and are each about five minutes in length.
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The 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón visited Cape Cod National Seashore, bringing poetry to share and leave behind, surrounded by trees. Why? Why is there a poem on a picnic table in Beech Forest?
Award-winning poet Ada Limón is making history: The Library of Congress announced Tuesday that it has named her the 24th poet laureate of the U.S.
The Nation's Library: The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. (Library of Congress, 2000) Cole, John Young. Jefferson's legacy: a brief history of the Library of Congress (Library of Congress, 1993) Cole, John Young. "The library of congress becomes a world library, 1815–2005." Libraries & culture (2005) 40#3: 385–398. in Project MUSE
The Library of Congress is so huge that it takes in three separate buildings on Capitol Hill; the Thomas Jefferson Building, the John Adams Building, and the James Madison Memorial Building. With ...
Begun in 1937, and formerly known as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, the present title was devised and authorized by an Act of Congress in 1985. Appointed by the Librarian of Congress , the poet laureate's office is administered by the Center for the Book .