![]() Limón was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2020, and two years later she was named the 24th poet laureate. Her 2019 book of poetry, The Carrying, garnered Limón the National Book Award. She published three books of poetry while working full-time in marketing and eventually quit her job to write full time, publishing Bright Dead Things, a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award in 2015. ![]() in drama from the University of Washington and an M.F.A. But it was a long shot: a month before the Stellfox committee approached her, Limón was named Poet Laureate of the United States. The first pick was Ada Limón, a poet who's both highly esteemed and also highly approachable. The heat was on to find just the right literary luminary for the job. ![]() Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers Program. This year marked the first time in three years that Dickinson has been able to welcome a distinguished writer to campus through the Harold and Ethel L. One woman's literary legacy inspires poet laureate's quietly powerful residency ![]()
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