Ada Limón

Who is Ada Limón?

Ada Limón is an American poet.

Born in Sonoma, California, She is the author of three full-length poetry collections, and two chapbooks.

She received her MFA from New York University in 2001, where she studied with Sharon Olds, Philip Levine, Marie Howe, Mark Doty, Agha Shahid Ali, and Tom Sleigh. Her graduate class included the noted poets, Jennifer L. Knox, Gregory Pardlo, Jason Schneiderman, Kazim Ali, and Kathleen Graber. She received fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The Harvard Review, Pleiades, and Barrow Street.