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As Calgary’s poet laureate, I’m interested in poetry as a form of civic listening

“Should taxpayers fund poetry or potholes?”

The Conversation

Arthur Sze is appointed US poet laureate as the Library of Congress faces challenges

The Library of Congress has named Arthur Sze as the new U.S. poet laureate

The Independent UK

Former poet laureate Ada Limón says artists must band together during 'dangerous times'

The 24th U.S. poet laureate, Ada Limón says she encountered a surprising number of people who are writing and sharing poetry during her travels around the country

The Independent UK

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Firing, hiring and a mystery: The 225-year-old Library of Congress has never had a moment like this

The Library of Congress, a 225-year-old Washington institution, has never had a moment like this

The Independent UK

Water-themed plaque to fly on Europa Clipper to Jupiter's icy ocean moon

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is dedicated to studying Jupiter's icy ocean moon, will carry with it a metal plaque etched with the ripples created by the many ways humans say "water."

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Greta Gerwig Hints At Possible 'Barbie' Sequel At Awards Event

Greta Gerwig honored at Time's Women of the Year event, discussing creative process and 'Barbie' sequel potential. Event celebrates empowerment and represe...

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Meet this year's MacArthur 'genius grant' recipients, including a hula master and the poet laureate

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NASA is sending a 'message in a bottle' towards Jupiter. Here's how you can add your name to it

The Europa Clipper spacecraft is going to travel 2.6 billion kilometres to Jupiter's moon. Your name could be aboard it.

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US poet laureate dedicates ode to Europa for NASA mission to Jupiter's icy moon

US Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, wrote a new poem for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa

The Hindu

A poem for Europa Clipper: US Poet Laureate Ada Limón reveals ode to fly on NASA Jupiter moon mission

"It is not darkness that unites us, not the cold distance of space, but the offering of water..." Those words, by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, are part of an ode flying on NASA's Europa Clipper.

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Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter

A new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth

The Independent UK

Amanda Shires gets candid: I'm not quiet

The musician talks fiddling, working with husband Jason Isbell and "Loving You" with Bobbie Nelson, out June 23

Salon

Australia is to have a poet laureate – how will the first appointment define us as a nation?

Poetry has often been a matter of nation building, including in Australia. Who hasn’t learnt by heart at school some verses from My Country (1908) by Dorothea Mackellar?

The Conversation

Meet Ada Limón, U.S. poet laureate

A brief history of our poet laureates and why Limón is the perfect person to be appointed now

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The Independent UK

Jill Biden hosts White House reading for student poets

Jill Biden has hosted a White House reading by this year's group of National Student Poets

The Conversation

Ada Limón is a poet laureate for the 21st century, exploring 'what it looks like to have America in the room'

“Ada Limón is a poet who connects.” This was how Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden introduced the 24th poet laureate of the United States.

The Guardian - UK

The best recent poetry – review roundup

The Slain Birds by Michael Longley; The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón; Faust by Sandeep Parmar; Radical Normalisation by Celia Sorhaindo

Tribune News Service

Minneapolis-published Ada Limón is named US Poet Laureate

The Guggenheim fellow has published four books of poetry with Minneapolis' Milkweed Editions.

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The next US poet laureate has KY roots. What to know about the prestigious position

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The Library of Congress named Lexington writer Ada Limón the 24th U.S. poet laureate Tuesday. Limón has written six poetry books, and she’s won major awards for her works.

The Independent UK

Ada Limón named the 24th U.S. poet laureate

On Tuesday, the Library of Congress announced that 46-year-old Ada Limón had been named the 24th U.S. poet laureate, officially called the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry

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Ada Limón named new U.S. poet laureate

Ada Limón was named as the nation's 24th poet laureate by the Library of Congress. She will take over from Joy Harjo, who has held the position since 2019.

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In her new poems, Ada Limón argues for turning a delicate attention to the world

The award-winning poet's new collection, The Hurting Kind, is a testament to the power of sensitivity and to the reality that the world is here to both guide us and lead us astray.

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