Ada Limon
author profile
born
March 28, 1976
gender
female
place of birth
The United States
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.
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lucky wreck (Autumn House Poetry) by Ada Limon (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.17 — 42 ratings — published 2006 |
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MiPOesias: May 2008 (Paperback) by Derek Motion (Goodreads author!), Kirk Curnutt, Ada Limon avg rating 5.00 — 10 ratings — published 2008 |
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This Big Fake World: A Story in Verse (Paperback) by Ada Limon (Goodreads author!) avg rating 4.71 — 27 ratings — published 2006 |
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99 Cent Heart by Ada Limon (Goodreads author!) avg rating 5.00 — 8 ratings — published 2007 |
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The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 1 (Paperback) by Lee Gutkind bookshelves: currently-reading |
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How to Be Alone: Essays (Paperback) by Jonathan Franzen bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Remembering Laughter (Paperback) by Wallace Stegner bookshelves: currently-reading |
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MiPOesias: May 2008 (Paperback) by Derek Motion (Goodreads author!), Kirk Curnutt, Ada Limon |
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The World in Place of Itself (Paperback) by Bill Rasmovicz |
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Hallelujah Blackout (Paperback) by Alex Lemon (Goodreads author!) |
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Drunk by Noon (Paperback) by Jennifer L. Knox |
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For Girls (& Others): Poems by Shanna Compton |
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Whim Man Mammon (Paperback) by Abraham Smith |
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Zero Star Hotel (Paperback) by Anselm Berrigan |
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Some Notes on My Programming (Paperback) by Anselm Berrigan |
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