Common Read | Ada Limón on The Power of Poetry

Join us for a reading & conversation with 2026 Common Read author, Ada Limón. She is the author of seven books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Books Critics Circle Award. Limón is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and was named a 2024 Time Magazine Woman of the Year. Her new short-form non-fiction book, Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry is an invitation to see poetry as much more than just words—as a powerful force for healing, a call to action, and a vibrant celebration of humanity’s many voices. Brandon Som is a UC San Diego p…