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Poetry: National Poet Laureate

This is a general guide designed to help students get started reading poetry, aid them in beginning their research, and assist them in conducting a Close Reading.

About

Current Poet: Ada Limón (2022-2025)

Ada Limón was born in Sonoma, California, in 1976 and is of Mexican ancestry. She is the author of six poetry collections, including “The Carrying” (Milkweed Editions, 2018), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry; “Bright Dead Things” (2015), a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Books Critics Circle Award; “Sharks in the Rivers” (2010); “Lucky Wreck” (Autumn House, 2006); and “This Big Fake World” (Pearl Editions, 2006). She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University and is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women.

From https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/

Poetry Collections

Ada Limón

Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate, at the Library of Congress. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.