Ada Limón

Ada Limón is an American poet and the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, serving from 2022 to 2024. Born in Sonoma, California, she received her MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. She is the author of six collections of poetry. The Carrying (2018) won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and was longlisted for the National Book Award. It is widely celebrated for its intimacy, formal clarity, and engagement with grief, desire, and the body. Her earlier collection Bright Dead Things (2015) was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. As US Poet Laureate, Limón launched the poetry initiative 'You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World,' partnering with the National Parks Foundation. Her collection The Hurting Kind (2022) was published simultaneously with her appointment as Laureate. Limón has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Harvard Review, Ploughshares, and many other journals. She splits her time between Lexington, Kentucky and New York City. Her work is characterized by its direct emotional address, deep attention to the natural world, and exploration of belonging and longing.