![]() ![]() "I think we need to remember that we possess the full spectrum of human emotions. "I think that it's really important to remember that even in this particularly hard moment, divided moment, poetry can really help us reclaim our humanity," Limón told All Things Considered. An incredible honor and the shock of a lifetime."Īnd Limón reflected on being chosen for the position at this particular time in U.S. "And so I took a deep breath, and I said 'yes,' and we all sort of laughed together. "To me, it felt like 'how am I even allowed to stand in that lineage,'" she said. She said thoughts of previous poets to hold the post ran through her mind. Limón described to All Things Considered her reaction to receiving the news of her appointment. They speak of intimate truths, of the beauty and heartbreak that is living, in ways that help us move forward." Her accessible, engaging poems ground us in where we are and who we share our world with. In a press release, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said, "Ada Limón is a poet who connects. She also teaches in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. Limón has published six poetry collections and is the host of the podcast The Slowdown. And she has a knack for acknowledging its little mysteries in order to fully capture its history and abundance." In a review of the book, NPR's Jeevika Verma notes: "As in her previous notable collections - The Carrying won the National Book Critics Circle Award and before that, Bright Dead Things was a National Book Award finalist - Limón is acutely aware of the natural world in The Hurting Kind. Limón's latest collection, The Hurting Kind, was published in May. Harjo was only the second poet laureate to be named to a third term Robert Pinsky also holds that honor. She will take over in September from Joy Harjo, who has held the position since 2019. Ada Limón was named Tuesday by the Library of Congress as the nation's 24th poet laureate.
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