Andrea had a unique ability to offer their readers and listeners a way of living, to show us how much we need tenderness, and ...

Gibson, who died this week, valued live performance and emotionally resonant language.

O n July 14, beloved spoken-word poet Andrea Gibson died of cancer at their home in Colorado at age 49. A powerful voice in queer letters, Gibson innately understood poetry to be ...

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 ...

In the months leading up to their death, Gibson, who was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer in 2021, had been writing ...