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Ada Limón is a poet laureate for the 21st century, exploring 'what it looks like to have America in the room'

  • Written by Amy Cannon, Associate Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Ada Limón is a poet laureate for the 21st century, exploring 'what it looks like to have America in the room'Ada Limón is the 24th U.S. poet laureate.Shawn Miller/Library of Congress

“Ada Limón is a poet who connects.” This was how Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden introduced the 24th poet laureate of the United States.

From my perspective as a poet and writing teacher, “a poet who connects” is a perfect encapsulation...

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