Ada Limón | The Hurting Kind

Recorded October 17, 2022
The 24th United States Poet Laureate, Ada Limón is acclaimed for her explorations of the “frightening mysteries and hopeful uncertainties of the everyday” (The New York Times Book Review). Her many poetry collections include the National Book Critics Circle Award winner The Carrying; Bright Dead Things, a finalist for the National Book Award; and Big Fake World, winner of the Pearl Poetry Prize. The host of American Public Media’s podcast The Slowdown, Limón has contributed poems to The New Yorker, American Poetry Review, and the Harvard Review, among many other publications. The Hurting Kind is a collection of verse that ponders the filaments of joy, loss, and hope that connect us all.
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[@sonampalmo3578]

Is she reading in a morgue? Does this audience not realize what a gift it is to hear such heart-felt, nitty gritty poetry? I love it. She shares deeply without smarm. It's all human...All about us.

[@josephpetrocelli3930]

As the comments below have said, Ada Limon is a sweet woman and it comes through in her comments and smile. Is there a law that says listeners at a reading cannot applaud politely after a poem is read? I hate the dead silence, especially after an exceptional poem. The way you perform each poem draws one in to it. Thank you Ada. I am a fan. I am applauding.

[@jonwheels89]

There is no such law. I've seen several poetry readings, one by Mary Oliver, where people applauded after mostly every one. At poetry slams, they have snaps. So they might do something like that at some of these, but I also find the lack of applause rude.

[@mercedesmartinez2260]

Me too. As she says, "it's not about you speaking to the world. It's about your listening." The audience is speechless. What it means, is for them to say. For us who observe, it is just 'what's so'.
Her poetry is a spiritual experience. At least it is for me. Silence is good.
Psalm 46:10
Be still and know that 'I Am' God...

[@Michael62nyc]

Stunning work. I have 5 volumes of her poems. Each better than the last. And I return to them often. Glad I found this.

[@clocktick123]

I never cared for poetry in the past
I've changed
Now I do , not because of Ada . Now I can appreciate her whereas I couldn't before . It's like discovering music as if for the first time

[@katiakatiakat]

She’s so warm and lovely and kind….and the audience cold and embarrassing me for this. My heart soul breaks out into applause after each one.

[@mercedesmartinez2260]

Me Too

[@mercedesmartinez2260]

⚘️❤️⚘️

[@mercedesmartinez2260]

Landmark Education would say, "The coldness perceived is empty and meaningless that it's empty and meaningless."
"It just is What's So."

[@daktraveler56]

I have alway enjoyed Ada's poetry. After hearing this, i am definitely a forever fan...❤❤❤

[@mercedesmartinez2260]

Me too

[@daktraveler56]

@@mercedesmartinez2260 😉

[@mercedesmartinez2260]

Par Excellence!!!
💫⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

[@louiseperron3033]

Ada Limon is lovely!

[@wajailyas4282]

Such sweet expression on her face, so polite.

[@cyrusdubash3097]

Men ruin us, blah blah. What you here for?