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Ada Limon

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born
March 28, 1976 in The United States

gender
female

member since
August 2007


About this author

Ada Limón is originally from Sonoma, California. A graduate of the Creative Writing Program at New York University, she won the Chicago Literary Award for Poetry and has received fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and the New York Foundation for the Arts. She works as the Copy Director for GQ Magazine and is teaching a Master Class for Columbia University’s MFA program in Spring 2008. Her first book, lucky wreck, was the winner of the 2005 Autumn House Poetry Prize. Her second book, This Big Fake World, was the winner of the 2005 Pearl Poetry Prize.


Average rating: 4.50 · 110 ratings · 20 reviews · 6 distinct works
Lucky Wreck
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2006
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Sharks in the Rivers
4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions
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4.64 of 5 stars 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2006
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99 Cent Heart
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“All night I dreamt of bonfires and burn piles
and ghosts of men, and spirits
behind those birds of flame.

I cannot tell anymore when a door opens or closes,
I can only hear the frame saying, Walk through.”
Ada Limon

“Here is my sacrifice: my hummingbird landing in a stranger’s palm.”
Ada Limon

“I am not obsessing.
I am just sitting here
perforating this post-it
with a push-pin.”
Ada Limon, Lucky Wreck

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My unpublished novel, DIG, has been selected as a semifinalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. If you are so inclined, you can post a review...more



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Sundang Saputra Hi Ada... nice to know you, thanks 4 being my friend


message 1: by Daniel (last edited Dec 02, 2007 07:00am)

Daniel
Ada, I've added lucky wreck, This Big Fake World and 99 Cent Heart to my to-read list


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