In a new series USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives, whether it's at home, on the set or on the road. On a rainy day in Sonoma, California, a young Ada Limón ...

Around two years ago, Ada Limón started brainstorming possibilities for a signature project to mark her tenure as the 24th poet laureate of the United States. “It began with me having very outlandish ...

Ada Limón is the current Poet Laureate of The United States, and the author of six acclaimed books of poetry, including The Carrying (Milkweed Editions, 2018) which won the National Book Critics ...