Author, Guggenheim Fellow (2020), 24th U.S. Poet Laureate (2022)
BA, Drama
Class of 1998
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Biography
MFA, Creative Writing, New York University, 2001
BA, Drama, University of Washington, 1998
Ada Limón, a current Guggenheim fellow, is the author of five poetry collections, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her fourth book Bright Dead Things was named a finalist for the National Book Award, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She serves on the faculty of Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency M.F.A program and lives in Lexington, Kentucky.