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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]
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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 ...
Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, and longtime resident of Kentucky, was named one of TIME magazine's Women of the Year.. Limón, who has lived in Lexington for more than 10 ...
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.
Ada Limón Joy Harjo ( / ˈ h ɑːr dʒ oʊ / HAR -joh ; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate , the first Native American to hold that honor.
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