Ada Limón

Ada Limón (b. March 28, 1976) is an American poet.

Life
Limón was born in Sonoma, California. She is the author of three full-length poetry collections and two chapbooks.

She received her M.F.A. from New York University in 2001, where she studied with Sharon Olds, Philip Levine, Marie Howe, Mark Doty, Agha Shahid Ali, and Tom Sleigh. Her graduate class included the noted poets, Jennifer L. Knox, Gregory Pardlo, Jason Schneiderman, Kazim Ali, and Kathleen Graber.

Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The Harvard Review, Pleiades, and Barrow Street.

Recognition
She has received fellowships from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Publications

 * Lucky Wreck, Autumn House Press, 2006 ISBN 978-1-932870-08-4
 * This Big Fake World, Pearl Editions, 2006 ISBN 978-1-888219-35-7
 * Sharks in the Rivers, Milkweed Editions, 2010 ISBN 978-1-57131-438-3