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Andrea Gibson, a poet, activist and Colorado Laureate who was the subject of documentary film "Come See Me in the Good Light, ...
Author Andrea Gibson, best known for their spoken word poetry and LGBTQ activism, died after a four-year battle with ovarian ...
As if it were a jump shot from their basketball-obsessed childhood, “soaring towards the rim like a kite,” Andrea Gibson ...
Gibson was an artist and activist, whose spoken word poetry captivated millions and defied the hyperindividualism that ...
Iwasnever formally introduced to Andrea Gibson’s poetry. They just felt like kin from the beginning, like a queer cousin I always knew.
Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate, an activist and an author, died July 14 after a battle with ovarian cancer. Here's what to know about them.
Andrea had a unique ability to offer their readers and listeners a way of living, to show us how much we need tenderness, and ...
Here’s a fact that will ruffle some hollers: poetry is not only for silent classrooms or forgotten bookshelves. For Andrea Gibson, it was a lifeline a method to rage, love, and live out loud. The 2025 ...
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Colorado Poet Laureate, noted spoken word performer, and activist Andrea Gibson died Monday at age 49 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. Gibson – who wrote and performed luminous poems on ...
A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political ...
When the poet Andrea Gibson learned two years ago that their ovarian cancer was incurable, the news marked a turning point; ...
Gibson's seven poetry books and seven spoken word albums touched on themes of love, social justice and queer identity.