National Kick Off Celebration
featuring U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón
Join U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón to
Celebrate her Signature Project, “You Are Here”
A partnership between the Library of Congress, National Park Service, and Poetry Society of America. Hosted by the Fine Arts Work Center.
Join 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Ada Limón for the national kick off of “You Are Here: Poetry in Parks.” This initiative will feature site-specific poetry installations in seven national parks across the country, beginning with the Cape Cod National Seashore. During the free public celebration at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Ada Limón will read each poem featured as part of the project. She will then sign copies of the new anthology “You Are Here: Poetry in the National World,” available for purchase during the event.
“I believe the way we respond to this crucial moment on our planet could define humanity forever. In conceiving of my signature project, I wanted something that could both praise our sacred and natural wonders and also speak the complex truths of this urgent time. It's my hope that You Are Here will do just that.”
— Ada Limón
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About “You Are Here”
“You Are Here” is Ada Limón’s signature project as the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. “You Are Here” is comprised of two major initiatives, a new anthology of nature poems and a series of visits to national parks, as well as a call for the public to participate. The anthology, “You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World,” is published by Milkweed Editions in association with the Library of Congress. “You Are Here: Poetry in Parks” features site-specific installations that transform picnic tables into works of public art, each featuring a historic American poem that connects in a meaningful way to the park.
Following her visit to the Cape Cod National Seashore on June 14, Limón will travel to each of the participating parks in 2024 to unveil and celebrate the new installations and support community outreach. Learn more about the project here.
About Ada Limón
Ada Limón was born in Sonoma, California, in 1976 and is of Mexican ancestry. She is the author of six poetry collections, including “The Carrying” (Milkweed Editions, 2018), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry; “Bright Dead Things” (2015), a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Books Critics Circle Award; “Sharks in the Rivers” (2010); “Lucky Wreck” (Autumn House, 2006); and “This Big Fake World” (Pearl Editions, 2006). She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University and is the recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and the Kentucky Foundation for Women.
Her newest poetry collection, “The Hurting Kind” (2022), was published as part of a three-book deal with Milkweed Editions that includes the publication of “Beast: An Anthology of Animal Poems,” featuring work by major poets over the last century, followed by a volume of new and selected poems.
24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657
For those who cannot attend in person at the Fine Arts Work Center, we will publicly livestream this event via YouTube.
Please note that parking is extremely limited.
