![]() ![]() "Her accessible, engaging poems ground us in where we are and who we share our world with. ![]() "Ada Limón is a poet who connects," Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said in a statement. She has published six books of poetry, most recently "The Hurting Kind," and also hosts the podcast "The Slowdown." Limón, who succeeds Joy Harjo, is an award-winning and unusually popular poet, her acclaimed collection "Bright Dead Things" selling more than 40,000 copies. 29 with the traditional reading at the Library's Coolidge Auditorium, one of the laureate's few formal obligations. poet laureate, officially called the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that the 46-year-old Limón had been named the 24th U.S. That part of poetry has always remained true to me." I remember going to poetry readings at the bookstore where I worked when I was 16. "It wasn't supposed to just be something read on page it was supposed be read out loud. "I grew up with poetry being in the community," says Limón, a native of Sonoma, California. NEW YORK - The country's next poet laureate, Ada Limón, has long thought of her work as a public art form. Watch Video: Inauguration Day: Poet Amanda Gorman delivers powerful message ![]()
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