{{Short description|American poet (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox writer | name = Ada Limón | image = Ada Limón at National Book Festival 2025.jpg | caption = Limón at the National Book Festival 2025 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|3|28}} | birth_place = Sonoma, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = University of Washington (BFA)<br>New York University (MFA) | genre = Poetry | spouse = Lucas Marquardt | awards = National Book Critics Circle Award | website = {{URL|adalimon.com}} | module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = United States Poet Laureate | term_start = 2022 | term_end = 2025 | predecessor = Joy Harjo | successor = Arthur Sze }} }} '''Ada Limón''' (born March 28, 1976) is an American poet.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ada Limon On Poetry Collection, 'The Carrying' |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/19/639997901/ada-limon-on-poetry-collection-the-carrying |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-date=August 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826180418/https://www.npr.org/2018/08/19/639997901/ada-limon-on-poetry-collection-the-carrying |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 12, 2022, she was named the 24th United States poet laureate by the Librarian of Congress.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Meghan Collins |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Ada Limón named new U.S. poet laureate |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/07/12/1110804783/ada-limon-named-new-u-s-poet-laureate |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715181752/https://www.npr.org/2022/07/12/1110804783/ada-limon-named-new-u-s-poet-laureate |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Schaub-2022">{{Cite web |last=Schaub |first=Michael |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Ada Limón Is New U.S. Poet Laureate |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/ada-limon-is-new-us-poet-laureate/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712155319/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/ada-limon-is-new-us-poet-laureate/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Library of Congress Newsroom-2022" /> This made her the first Latina to be Poet Laureate of the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://latina.com/ada-limon-is-the-next-poet-laureate/ |title=Ada Limón is the Next Poet Laureate |website=latina.com |first=Narciso |last=Novogratz |date=July 28, 2022 |access-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929023706/https://latina.com/ada-limon-is-the-next-poet-laureate/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She is married to Lucas Marquardt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/books/ada-limon-poetry.html|title=Ada Limón Makes Poems for a Living|first=Elizabeth A.|last=Harris|date=May 6, 2022|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=July 12, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715191118/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/books/ada-limon-poetry.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Limón, who is Mexican-American, grew up in Sonoma, California. She is the daughter of Ken Limón and Stacia Brady; Brady often provides the cover art for Limón's books.
Limón says she developed a love for poetry in high school, despite dedicating her extracurricular activities to theatrical productions.<ref name="www.britannica.com">{{Cite web |title=Ada Limon {{!}} Biography, Poems, Books, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ada-Limon |access-date=October 23, 2023 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029051248/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ada-Limon |url-status=live }}</ref> She attended the drama school at the University of Washington, where she studied theatre. After taking writing courses from professors including Colleen J. McElroy, she went on to receive her MFA from New York University in 2001,<ref name="Harris-2022">{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Elizabeth A. |date=May 6, 2022 |title=Ada Limón Makes Poems for a Living |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/books/ada-limon-poetry.html |access-date=July 12, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715191118/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/books/ada-limon-poetry.html |url-status=live }}</ref> where she studied with Sharon Olds, Philip Levine, Marie Howe, Mark Doty, Agha Shahid Ali, and Tom Sleigh.
Upon graduation, Limón received a fellowship to live and write at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. In 2003, she received a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and in the same year won the Chicago Literary Award for Poetry.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
To support her writing career, Limón began working in marketing for Condé Nast. She quit this job following her stepmother's untimely death, which was a catalyst for Limón to decide to pursue her writing career before it was too late.<ref name="www.britannica.com"/>
==Career== [[File:SXSW-2024-OB7A9628-alih-Ada Limón (cropped).jpg|thumb|Limón at SXSW Interactive in 2024, talking about her work with NASA|left]]After 12 years in New York City, where she worked for various magazines such as ''Martha Stewart Living'', ''GQ'', and ''Travel + Leisure'', Limón now lives in both Lexington, Kentucky and Sonoma, California, where she writes and teaches.<ref name="Harris-2022" />
Limón's first book, ''Lucky Wreck'', was chosen by Jean Valentine as the winner of the Autumn House Poetry Prize in 2005, while her second book, ''This Big Fake World'', was the winner of the Pearl Poetry Prize in 2006. The two books came out within less than a year of each other. In a 2014 article in ''Compose'' magazine, she stated: "I went from having no books at all, to having two in the span of a year. I felt like I had won the lottery, well, without the money. I suppose, in my life, I've never done things the ordinary way. I'm either deep in the bottom of the well or nowhere near water."<ref>{{cite web |last=Windsor |first=Suzannah |title=An Interview with Poet Ada Limón – Compose Journal |url=http://composejournal.com/an-interview-with-poet-ada-limon/ |website=composejournal.com |access-date=February 13, 2026 |date=April 21, 2014 |archive-date=April 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425133219/http://composejournal.com/an-interview-with-poet-ada-limon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte low-residency M.F.A. program, and the "24 Pearl Street" online program for the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center.
When her third book, ''Sharks in the Rivers'' (Milkweed Editions, 2010) was released, a reviewer writing in ''The Brooklyn Rail'' observed: "Unlike much contemporary poetry, Limón's work isn't text-derivative or deconstructivist. She personalizes her homilies, stamping them with the authenticity of invention and self-discovery."<ref>{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Jeffrey Cyphers |date=December 7, 2010 |url=http://brooklynrail.org/2010/12/books/rapid-transit_decjan1011 |title=Review of Ada Limón's ''Sharks in the Rivers'' |access-date=June 13, 2017 |archive-date=September 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929084025/http://brooklynrail.org/2010/12/books/rapid-transit_decjan1011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Limón's fourth book, ''Bright Dead Things'', was released in 2015. She was shortlisted as a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry. Her 2018 book, ''The Carrying'', subsequently won a National Book Critics Circle Award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ulin |first=David L. |last2= |last3= |first3= |last4= |last5= |last6= |last7= |last8= |first8= |last9= |date=May 13, 2022 |title=Ada Limón is the poet of our lonely, terrifying moment |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-05-13/ada-limon-is-the-poet-of-our-lonely-terrifying-moment |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712130925/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2022-05-13/ada-limon-is-the-poet-of-our-lonely-terrifying-moment |url-status=live }}</ref>thumb|upright|Limón in 2019Her poem "State Bird" appeared in the June 2, 2014, issue of ''The New Yorker'', and her poem "How to Triumph Like a Girl" (2013), which portrays different aspects of female horses, was awarded the 2015 Pushcart Prize.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2022 |title=From her Lexington backyard, poet Ada Limón's latest book finds light amid despair |url=https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article261297212.html |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=Lexington Herald Reader}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Rebecca |date=May 29, 2016 |title=Poetry Sunday: 'How to Triumph Like a Girl' by Ada Limón |url=https://womensvoicesforchange.org/poetry-sunday-how-to-triumph-like-a-girl-by-ada-limon.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505181331/https://womensvoicesforchange.org/poetry-sunday-how-to-triumph-like-a-girl-by-ada-limon.htm |archive-date=May 5, 2017 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=Women's Voices for Change}}</ref> Her work has also appeared in the ''Harvard Review'' and the ''Pleiades''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hijazi |first=Jennifer |date=August 14, 2018 |title='The human capacity to carry many things at once' |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/poetry/the-human-capacity-to-carry-many-things-at-once |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024000/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/poetry/the-human-capacity-to-carry-many-things-at-once |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=PBS}}</ref>
Limón was appointed 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in 2022 and reappointed for a second, two-year term in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NASA's Message in a Bottle |url=https://europa.nasa.gov/message-in-a-bottle/learn/#otp_ada_lim%C3%B3n_and_the_library_of_congress |access-date=October 15, 2024 |website=NASA's Europa Clipper |language=en}}</ref>
As part of her laureateship, she wrote an original poem, ''"In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa,"'' dedicated to NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which debuted on June 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa {{!}} Poet Laureate Projects {{!}} Poet Laureate {{!}} Poetry & Literature {{!}} Programs {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/a-poem-for-europa/ |access-date=October 15, 2024 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |archive-date=October 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009151045/https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/a-poem-for-europa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The poem is engraved in her own handwriting on a metal plate affixed to the Europa Clipper spacecraft. The Europa Clipper launched on October 14, 2024, and is expected to arrive in the Jupiter system in 2030, where it will perform flybys of Jupiter's Galilean moon, Europa.
Her project as poet laureate was the "You Are Here" project which consisted of a poetry collection (''You Are Here: Poetry and the Natural World''), an installation of picnic tables in cooperation with the National Park Service (You Are Here: Poetry in Parks), and a call for responses to the question "''What would you write in response to the landscape around you?''" via the hashtag #youareherepoetry.<ref name="Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA">{{Cite web |title=You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World/Poetry in Parks {{!}} Poet Laureate Projects {{!}} Poet Laureate {{!}} Poetry & Literature {{!}} Programs {{!}} Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/you-are-here/ |access-date=April 7, 2025 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |archive-date=March 30, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330183520/https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/poet-laureate/poet-laureate-projects/you-are-here/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She stated, "In conceiving of the project, I wanted something that could both praise our sacred and natural wonders and also speak the complex truths of this urgent time."<ref name="Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA" />
She has been a beneficiary of the Kentucky Foundation for Women.<ref name="Library of Congress Newsroom-2022">{{Cite news |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Librarian of Congress Names Ada Limón the Nation's 24th U.S. Poet Laureate |work=Library of Congress Newsroom |url=https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/librarian-of-congress-names-ada-lim-n-the-nation-s-24th-u.s.-poet-laureate/s/44d3bf04-61fa-465d-89f7-6ace60f0790a |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715204702/https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/librarian-of-congress-names-ada-lim-n-the-nation-s-24th-u.s.-poet-laureate/s/44d3bf04-61fa-465d-89f7-6ace60f0790a |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Awards and honors== [[File:Europa Clipper commemorative plate.jpg|thumb|This side of a commemorative plate mounted on NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft features Limón's handwritten "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa" (blurred out for copyright reasons)]] In 2013, Limón served as a judge for the National Book Award for Poetry.<ref name="nba2013">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2013/?cat=poetry |title=2013 National Book Awards |website=NBF |access-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114010927/https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2013/?cat=poetry |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2020, Limón was awarded a Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.<ref name="jsgmfadalimon">{{Cite web |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/ada-limon/ |title=Ada Limon |website=JSGMF |access-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-date=October 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023031435/https://www.gf.org/fellows/ada-limon/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In July 2022, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden appointed her the 24th United States Poet Laureate for the term of 2022–2023.<ref name="Library of Congress Newsroom-2022" /> Hayden renewed Limón's term for another two years in April 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Appointed for a Historic Two-Year Second Term |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-23-040/u-s-poet-laureate-ada-limon-appointed-for-a-historic-two-year-second-term/2023-04-24/ |access-date=April 26, 2023 |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |archive-date=April 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426202553/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-23-040/u-s-poet-laureate-ada-limon-appointed-for-a-historic-two-year-second-term/2023-04-24/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2023, she was named a MacArthur Fellow receiving the "genius" grant from the John and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ada Limón |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2023/ada-limon |access-date=October 5, 2023 |website=www.macfound.org |language=en |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010092046/https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2023/ada-limon |url-status=live }}</ref>
She received a 2023 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for ''The Hurting Kind''.
In February 2024, Limón was named as one of ''Time'' magazine's 12 Women of the Year for 2024, for being "extraordinary leaders who are working toward a more equal world".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Daniel |date=February 21, 2024 |title=Sonoma native Ada Limon among Time's 2024 Women of the Year |url=https://www.sonomanews.com/article/news/time-names-sonoma-native-limon-a-woman-of-the-year/#:~:text=Lim%C3%B3n%20was%20chosen%20as%20the,a%20two-year%20second%20term. |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Sonoma Index-Tribune |language=en-US |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007102743/https://www.sonomanews.com/article/news/time-names-sonoma-native-limon-a-woman-of-the-year/#:~:text=Lim%C3%B3n%20was%20chosen%20as%20the,a%20two-year%20second%20term. |url-status=live }}</ref>
Dr. Thayer Wescott’s 2025 study To Write of This Country and Reckon with America through Contemporary Women Poets included Ada Limón among ten contemporary poets identified as shaping twenty-first-century American poetry, alongside writers such as Joy Harjo, Sheema Kalbasi, Tracy K. Smith and others.
To raise public awareness of the Europa Clipper mission, NASA undertook a "Message In A Bottle" campaign, i.e. actually "Send Your Name to Europa" campaign on June 1, 2023, through which people around the world are invited to send their names as signatories to a poem called, "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa" written by Ada Limón. The poem connects the two water worlds — Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable, and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored. The poem is engraved on a tantalum metal plate that seals an opening into the vault. The inward-facing side of the metal plate is engraved with the poem in the poet's own handwriting, along with participants' names that will be etched onto microchips mounted on the spacecraft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learn {{!}} Message in a bottle |url=https://europa.nasa.gov/message-in-a-bottle/learn |access-date=June 2, 2023 |website=NASA's Europa Clipper |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602032905/https://europa.nasa.gov/message-in-a-bottle/learn/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On Friday, August 18, 2023, the City of Sonoma paid tribute to Limón, with a Bench Dedication. The bench is adorned with quotes from Limón's work and is situated in front of Readers' Books in Sonoma.<ref>{{Cite web |last=stracy@sonomacity.org |date=August 25, 2023 |title=Celebrating Ada Limón: Sonoma's Special Bench Dedication Ceremony |url=https://www.sonomacity.org/celebrating-ada-limon-sonomas-special-bench-dedication-ceremony/#:~:text=The%20bench%20is%20adorned%20with,world%20even%20when%20it's%20challenging. |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=City of Sonoma |language=en-US |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007101728/https://www.sonomacity.org/celebrating-ada-limon-sonomas-special-bench-dedication-ceremony/#:~:text=The%20bench%20is%20adorned%20with,world%20even%20when%20it's%20challenging. |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" !Year !Title !Award !Result !Ref. |- !2005 |''Lucky Wreck'' |Autumn House Poetry Prize |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{cite web |title=Poetry Contest |url=https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/poetry/ |website=Autumn House Press |access-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-date=October 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022203030/https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/poetry/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- !2006 |''This Big Fake World'' |Pearl Poetry Prize |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burack |first1=Emily |title=A Guide of Ada Limón's Poetry |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g40589028/ada-limons-poetry-books/ |website=Town & Country |date=July 12, 2022 |access-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926213604/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/g40589028/ada-limons-poetry-books/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |2015 | rowspan="2" |''Bright Dead Things'' |National Book Award for Poetry |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Bright Dead Things |url=https://www.nationalbook.org/books/bright-dead-things/ |access-date=July 12, 2022 |website=National Book Foundation |language=en-US |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712171649/https://www.nationalbook.org/books/bright-dead-things/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Schaub-2022" /> |- |National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry |Finalist |<ref name="Schaub-2022" /> |- !2018 | rowspan="2" |''The Carrying'' |National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry |'''Winner''' |<ref>{{cite news |author=Hillel Italie |date=March 14, 2018 |title=Zadie Smith, Anna Burns among winners of critics prizes |newspaper=The Washington Post |agency=The Associated Press |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/zadie-smith-anna-burns-among-winners-of-critics-prizes/2019/03/14/b15362d6-46b8-11e9-94ab-d2dda3c0df52_story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315071320/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/zadie-smith-anna-burns-among-winners-of-critics-prizes/2019/03/14/b15362d6-46b8-11e9-94ab-d2dda3c0df52_story.html |archive-date=March 15, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Schaub-2022" /> |- !2019 |PEN/Jean Stein Book Award |Finalist |<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2019 |title=Announcing the 2019 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists |url=https://pen.org/2019finalists/ |access-date=February 23, 2019 |website=PEN America |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030134810/https://pen.org/2019finalists/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |2023 | rowspan="2" |''The Hurting Kind'' |Griffin Poetry Prize |Finalist |<ref>{{cite web|first=Cassandra|last=Drudi|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/susan-musgrave-iman-mersal-among-griffin-poetry-prize-finalists/|title=Susan Musgrave, Iman Mersal among Griffin Poetry Prize finalists|website=Quill & Quire|date=April 19, 2023|access-date=May 20, 2023|archive-date=May 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520015833/https://quillandquire.com/omni/susan-musgrave-iman-mersal-among-griffin-poetry-prize-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award |Winner | |}
==Bibliography== ===Poetry=== ====Collections==== * ''Lucky Wreck'', Autumn House Press, 2006, {{ISBN|978-1-932870-08-4}} * ''This Big Fake World'', Pearl Editions, 2006, {{ISBN|978-1-888219-35-7}} * ''Sharks in the Rivers'', Milkweed Editions, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-57131-438-3}} * ''Bright Dead Things'', Milkweed Editions, 2015, {{ISBN|978-1-57131-925-8}} * ''The Carrying'', Milkweed Editions, 2018, {{ISBN|978-1-57131-512-0}} * ''The Hurting Kind'', Milkweed Editions, 2022, {{ISBN|978-1-63955-049-4}} * ''Shelter: A Love Letter To Trees'', Scribd Originals, 2022, {{ISBN|978-1-09444-438-3}} * ''You Are Here'', Milkweed Editions, 2024, {{ISBN|978-1-57131-568-7}}
====Children's books==== * ''In Praise of Mystery'', Norton Young Readers, 2024, {{ISBN|978-1-324-05400-9}} * ''And, Too, The Fox'', Lerner Publishing, 2025, {{ISBN|979-8-7656-3925-2}}
====Chapbooks==== * ''99¢ Heart'', Big Game Books, 2007 * ''What Sucks Us In Will Surely Swallow Us Whole'', Cinematheque Press, 2009
==== Recorded poetry readings and talks ==== * [https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/?q=Ada+Limon Video recordings of Ada Limón] from The Library of Congress * [https://drc.libraries.uc.edu/browse/author?scope=d7a55297-7587-4205-8f37-43fc6772d779&value=Lim%C3%B3n,%20Ada Ada Limón: poetry reading; February 23rd, 2017] from [https://drc.libraries.uc.edu/collections/d7a55297-7587-4205-8f37-43fc6772d779 The Elliston Project: Poetry Readings and Lectures] at the University of Cincinnati * [https://voca.arizona.edu/reader/limon-ada Video recordings of Ada Limón] from [https://voca.arizona.edu/ Voca], the University of Arizona Poetry Center's audiovisual archive
===List of poems=== {|class='wikitable sortable' width='90%' |- !|Year ! width="25%" |Title !|First published !|Reprinted/collected |- !2010 |[https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/sharks-rivers Sharks in the rivers] |{{cite book |author=Limón, Ada |title=Sharks in the rivers |publisher=Milkweed Editions |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-57131-438-3}} | |- !2014 |State Bird |{{cite journal |author=Limón, Ada |date=June 2, 2014 |title=State Bird |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90 |issue=15 |pages=30 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/02/state-bird <!--accessdate=March 13, 2015-->}} | |- ! rowspan="2" |2017 | data-sort-value="burying beetle" |The Burying Beetle |{{cite journal |author=Limón, Ada |date=February 27, 2017 |title=The Burying Beetle |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=2 |pages=39 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/the-burying-beetle <!--|access-date=2022-08-11-->}} | |- |Overpass |{{cite journal |author=Limón, Ada |date=December 4, 2017 |title=Overpass |journal=The New Yorker |volume=93 |issue=39 |pages=27 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/04/overpass <!--accessdate=March 24, 2018-->}} | |- !2021 |Privacy |{{cite journal |author=Limón, Ada |date=March 22, 2021 |title=Privacy |journal=The New Yorker |volume=97 |issue=5 |pages=51 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/22/privacy <!--|access-date=2022-10-28-->}} | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{official website|https://adalimon.com}} * [http://adalimon.blogspot.com/ Official Blog] * [http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2009/06/08/090608po_poem_limon "Crush"], poem by Ada Limón, ''The New Yorker'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100709085651/http://hcl.harvard.edu/harvardreview/OnlineJournal/June2010/poetry/Limon.html "Overjoyed"], poem by Ada Limón, ''Harvard Review'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025928/http://indigestmag.com/blog/?p=2571 Two Poems by Ada Limón, "Marketing Life For Those Of Us Left" and "A Name"] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713025935/http://indigestmag.com/blog/?p=2567 Two Poems by Ada Limón, "61 Trees" and "rest Stop"] * [http://composejournal.com/an-interview-with-poet-ada-limon/ An Interview with Poet Ada Limón] *[https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ada-limon Poetry Foundation page] *[https://poets.org/poet/ada-limon poets.org page]
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