often we go about our lives, and we don't check in with each other,” she said. “I think connection is a huge part of the importance of poetry …” Limón is hoping her new role will allow her to help others to see the impact a simple poem can have.
"Tat's what I would like to do — talk about the why of poetry, not just the what of poetry." It is work Limón was doing already, on a much smaller scale, with her students at Queens. She's been a part of the Master of Fine Arts program since 2014 when she was invited to go to Buenos Aires and be a part of the university's first Latin American program. "It was wonderful, and I still adore so many of those students
from that very first trip because, of course, you're together for two weeks, you're traveling in the city, you get to know the culture and get to know each other really well,” she explained. "Te whole program is based on one-on-one tutorials which I find really useful and wonderful because it means that you spend these sessions together as writers going through the manuscript. I love the workshop model but there's something about being able to sit down face to face one writer to another and really delve into their manuscript."
"ADA LIMÓN IS A POET WHO "
CONNECTS. HER ACCESSIBLE, ENGAGING POEMS GROUND US IN WHERE WE ARE AND WHO WE SHARE OUR WORLD WITH."
CARLA HAYDEN LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS
Te proud instructor, Limón is quick to point out that one of the fiction writers from her first year with Queens was just longlisted for the National Book Award. "I was her thesis advisor, and she's a wonderful writer, so it's really wonderful." Her students have already played a part in her new role in
serving the nation. Tis past August a group of them took part in a panel with two Latin American poets that was recorded for the Library of Congress.
"I'm bringing some unique experiences to my students they
otherwise might not have had,” Limón said. "I'm hoping to bring more and more of that to allow them to witness what this is as a
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