Ada Limon: A Way Forward
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Ada Lim\\xf3n shares poems that speak to finding a way forward through moments of crisis and struggle. She discusses Lorna Dee Cervantes on being courageous enough to be alone (\\u201cCrow\\u201d), the enduring relevance of poems written in a particular moment, like Mark Wunderlich\\u2019s \\u201cPeonies,\\u201d and Lucille Clifton\\u2019s anthem on need, defiance, and making it up as we go (\\u201cwon\\u2019t you celebrate with me\\u201d). Lim\\xf3n closes by reading her poem \\u201cThe End of Poetry,\\u201d published this spring in the New Yorker.
Listen to the full recordings of Cervantes, Wunderlich, and Clifton reading for the Poetry Center on Voca:
Lorna Dee Cervantes (1991)
Mark Wunderlich (1995)
Lucille Clifton (1998)
Listen to two readings by Ada Lim\\xf3n on Voca, including her most recent, which was given as part of our Art for Justice series in 2020.
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