Ada Limón

Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky, where she writes, teaches remotely, and hosts the critically acclaimed poetry podcast The Slowdown. Her latest book of poetry is The Hurting Kind.

Poetry The Ecstasy issue

Blowing on the Wheel

By Ada Limón

“This is my secret work, to be worthy of you both and this infinite discourse”

Poetry The Ecstasy issue

Against Nostalgia

By Ada Limón

“If I had known, the truth is, I would have kneeled and said, Sooner, come to me sooner.”