CALENDAR
Spring 2024
March 8
Explore Space & Poetry With NASA & Poet Laureate Ada Limón
SXSW Conference Opening Event
Austin, TX
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March 11
Reading
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
March 23
Virginia Festival of the Book
Charlottesville, VA
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April 1
You Are Here anthology Release Event with Ilya Kaminsky, Patricia Smith, and Kevin Young
Symphony Space
New York, NY
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April 4
Live! at the Library: You Are Here Celebration with Molly McCully Brown,
Jake Skeets, Analicia Sotelo, & Paul Tran
Library of Congress, Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium
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April 10
Letras Latinas 20th Anniversary Event
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
April 27
Poetry Festival Keynote
Chicago Public Library
Chicago, IL
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April 29 – May 1
Smith College
Northampton, MA
May 9
The Julian Arts Guild presents
Poetry on the Mountain with Ada Limón, Poet Laureate of the United States
Julian, CA
May 21
Reading for the Teton County Library
Jackson, WY
May 23
Poetry in the Natural World
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters
Madison, WI
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Join Us at the National Parks this year!
Below are the dates that Ada will visit seven of our National Parks in 2024. Please join us at one or more of the events! All links to the poems go to our partner’s website at the Poetry Society of America. We encourage you to spend time reading & listening to the poems there.
June 14: Cape Cod National Seashore, MA
Featured Poem: "Can You Imagine" by Mary OliverJune 21: Mount Rainier National Park, WA
Featured Poem: “Uppermost” by A. R. AmmonsJune 23: Redwood National and State Parks, CA
Featured Poem: “Never Alone” by Francisco X. AlarcónJuly 12: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH
Featured Poem: “The valley” by Jean ValentineJuly 20: Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN/NC Featured Poem: "the earth is a living thing" by Lucille Clifton
October 8: Everglades National Park, FL
Featured Poem: “Ecology” by June JordanDecember 3: Saguaro National Park, AZ
Featured Poem: “Na:nko Ma:s Cewagĭ / Cloud Song” by Ofelia Zepeda