Wife Reveals Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson's Last Words

What Andrea Gibson Understood About Very Simple Poetry

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Andrea Gibson wasn’t, in most circles, a gigantic celebrity—but their face and words were visible and prominent. Gibson, the poet laureate of Colorado, who died on Monday, began their career with spoken-word performances in cafés and at open mics around Boulder. Despite their intense stage fright, Gibson would stand in front of crowds o…

Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but the world at large.

Wife reveals Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson's last words

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Andrea Gibson helped me see life in the good light

Gibson’s poetry about queerness and mortality taught thousands of people how to reject apathy and embrace life

How Andrea Gibson Showed Us That Queer Vulnerability Is A Powerful Act Of Resistance

The poet laureate of queer grief and love taught us how to survive by feeling everything out loud.

Little Big Moments: Timber, In Tribute to Andrea Gibson

Andrea Gibson died on July 14. I admired their poetry, most especially their bravery to accept their mortality after learning of their terminal ovarian cancer. I understand that other people seek strength in the language of battling disease, yet Gibson said, “I will not fight… You tap into the brevity of something, and all of a sudden everything becomes more special.” Rarely is anyone that honest. Mostly, we move through life as if everything we…