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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 ...
But in crafting a poem for the Europa Clipper launch, the U.S. Poet Laureate focused her affections toward Earth itself. Here, read Limón’s thoughts on the poem, the launch, and the role of ...
A nationally recognized poet, teacher and podcaster, Limón has been named to one of the nation’s top literary posts. ‘Proud to represent Kentucky.’ Lexington writer Ada Limón is new U.S ...
Ada Limón, the new U.S. Poet Laureate, ... 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 press publishes books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by such authors as Ada Limón, Danusha Laméris, Ed Ochester, Gerald Stern, and Patricia Jabbeh Wesley.Other prominent Autumn House authors include Sheryl St. Germain, who was named the Louisiana Writer of the Year in 2018, [4] Cameron Barnett, who received the Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Awards for Emerging Artist and whose ...
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.