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The Poet Who Advocated Radical Tenderness
Andrea had a unique ability to offer their readers and listeners a way of living, to show us how much we need tenderness, and ...
What Andrea Gibson Understood About Very Simple Poetry
Gibson, who died this week, valued live performance and emotionally resonant language.
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In Memory of Andrea Gibson, We Revisit Eight of Their Life-Affirming Poems
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 ...
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What Andrea Gibson’s Final Days Reveal About the Power of Queer Poetry
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 ...
Andrea Gibson taught us how to grieve — and how to resist this political moment
Gibson was an artist and activist, whose spoken word poetry captivated millions and defied the hyperindividualism that ...
Andrea Gibson Refused to ‘Battle’ Cancer
When the poet Andrea Gibson learned two years ago that their ovarian cancer was incurable, the news marked a turning point; ...
Andrea Gibson, spoken-word artist who poignantly wrote about gender and a terminal diagnosis, dies at 49
As if it were a jump shot from their basketball-obsessed childhood, “soaring towards the rim like a kite,” Andrea Gibson ...
‘Dying is the opposite of leaving:' Andrea Gibson's poem on afterlife goes viral after passing
A video reading of the poem, titled "Love Letter From the Afterlife" went viral after Gibson's passing was announced -- with ...
‘Dying Is the Opposite of Leaving’: Andrea Gibson Reads Poem to Wife in Final TV Interview
In their final interview before dying at 49, Andrea Gibson reads a tender poem for their wife that’s now touching hearts across the internet.