The Poetry of Ada Limón Lesson Plan

Ada Limón was born in 1976 in Sonoma, California, a home she would leave but look back fondly on during her poetic career. Limón's interest in creative writing grew at the University of Washington, where as an undergraduate she studied theater in the drama school but began turning towards poetry. At the age of 25, in 2001, she received a Master of Fine Arts (considered a terminal degree in Creative Writing) from New York University, studying with such contemporary poetic masters as Sharon Olds, Mark Doty, Agha Shahid Ali, and Marie Howe. Graduation was followed by a series of honors giving Limón momentum and resources to write: a fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown,...