Lexington writer Ada Limón named the 24th U.S. poet laureate
Her 1-year term begins Sept. 29
NEW YORK (AP/WTVQ) – On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that 46-year-old Ada Limón had been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate, officially called the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.
Her 1-year term begins Sept. 29 with the traditional reading at the Library’s Coolidge Auditorium, one of the laureate’s few formal obligations. 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.
She has published six books of poetry, most recently “The Hurting Kind,” and also hosts the podcast “The Slowdown.”
Kentucky names its own poets laureate. The incumbent, Crystal Wilkinson, is also from Lexington.
