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The following links to external websites provide more information about the life and works of Ada Limón.
The best starting point for biographical information about Ada Limón is her official website.
Biographical information about Limón also can can be found on the following websites:
For the latest news and discussions related to Ada Limón, see:
A selected list of news articles, interviews, and conversations, arranged in chronological order, follows below.
Ada Limón was host of The Slowdown podcast External. Each brief weekday episode features poems by American writers selected and read by Limón, with the goal of helping listeners slow down, observe and think more deeply, and better understand each other and our world. The Slowdown was created as a project of then-U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. Limón took over as host at the start of the series' third season, on September 21, 2021 and hosted 250 episodes before departing to become the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States.
Other radio programs, podcasts, and other audio recordings featuring Ada Limón are listed below.
Many videos of Ada Limón reading and discussing her work can be found through the following sources.
A selection of videos from YouTube and other sources are listed below.
Selected online reviews of Ada Limón's books appear below.
Ada Limón has won or been a finalist for numerous awards and honors for her writing, including the following:
