Poetry, she said, can help the nation “become whole again” in a fraught, divided moment. image from article: Poetry, said Ada Limón, the 24th U.S. poet laureate, “helps us remember that we too are an imperfect animal, and we too are nature.” Credit... Carla Ciuffo for The New York Times By Elizabeth A. Harris The New York Times , July 12, 2022 When Ada Limón quit her marketing job to try writing full time, she assumed that would mean writing fiction. So she spent her working hours imagining the lives of other people. Then, she said, she would plunge into poetry, where she could be herself. She never published a novel. But as a poet, she has been awarded the highest honor in her field: On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced she will become the next poet laureate of the United States. Limón, who has published six books, will begin her tenure this fall as the 24th poet laureate, a position that has been held by some of the country’s most celebrated po...
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