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| Ada Limón (Photo by Lucas Marquardt) |
Our new Poet Laureate of the United States is Ada Limón.
Sample her poetry with two of her poems:
"Late Summer after a Panic Attack"
"Triumph Like a Girl"
In the PBS video segment below, she talks about the path to that position - and also about groundhogs, Kentucky bluegrass, pokeweed, and, of course, poetry
She is the author of six poetry collections: The Hurting Kind (2022, Milkweed Editions); The Carrying (2018, Milkweed Editions), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry; Bright Dead Things (2015, Milkweed Editions), a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Books Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award; Sharks in the Rivers (2010, Milkweed Editions); Lucky Wreck (2005, Autumn House Press, reissued 2021); and This Big Fake World (2005, Pearl Editions).
She is also the host of the excellent poetry podcast The Slowdown.
Her website is adalimon.net
Visit our website at poetsonline.org
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