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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 ...
The 20 best books of the year, ranked. Martin Chilton. December 14, 2024 at 6:56 AM. The best reads of the year include ‘Munichs’ by David Peace and Andrew O’Hagan’s ‘Caledonian Road ...
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]
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See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. Several attempts have been made to create a list of world literature. Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World, now containing 60 volumes.
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.