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Bright Dead Things: Poems

Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2015

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Ada Limon

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Ada Limón is the author of three books of poetry, Lucky Wreck, This Big Fake World, and Sharks in the Rivers. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from New York University. Limón has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and was one of the judges for the 2013 National Book Award in Poetry. She works as a creative writing instructor and a freelance writer while splitting her time between Lexington, Kentucky and Sonoma, California (with a great deal of New York in between). Her new book of poems, Bright Dead Things is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions in 2015.

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August 13, 2026
This was just ok for me. Not sure if I just wasn't in the mood for it...I liked parts but mostly I just felt meh while reading this.
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July 6, 2026
love her poetry!

It speaks to me about the natural world, relationships and life. Add some daily poetry to your life-you won’t be sorry!!
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