![]() And feeling grief and feeling trauma can actually allow us to feel joy again." "Poetry is a way back in, to recognizing that we are feeling human beings. "Right now, so often we are going numb to grief and numb to tragedy and numb to crisis," Limón told the New York Times. Limón, who grew up in California and now lives in Kentucky, takes over the role of poet laureate from Joy Harjo, who made history when she became the first Native American to hold the title. An incredible honor and the shock of a lifetime." ![]() "And so I took a deep breath, and I said 'yes,' and we all sort of laughed together. "To me, it felt like 'how am I even allowed to stand in that lineage,'" she told NPR. ![]() When she found out the Library of Congress had chosen her, Limón said her mind immediately turned to the poets who previously have held the post-like Louise Glück, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Tracy K. ![]() Ada Limón is officially the United States's 24th poet laureate. ![]()
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