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Andrea Gibson — Colorado state poet laureate, queer activist and spoken-word artist — dies at 49
Readers and fans of Andrea Gibson’s work offered an outpouring of love, grief and touching tributes Monday about how the poet ...
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 ...
Andrea Gibson, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49
A master of spoken-word performance, Gibson insisted that poetry, especially when read aloud to an audience, was a political ...
Andrea Gibson, 'Love Letter From the Afterlife' poet, dies at 49 from cancer
Author Andrea Gibson, best known for their spoken word poetry and LGBTQ activism, died after a four-year battle with ovarian ...
Andrea Gibson Dies: Poet Featured In Award-Winning 2025 Sundance Documentary Was 49
Andrea Gibson, the poet and performance artist whose four-year fight with ovarian cancer was chronicled in director Ryan ...
Andrea Gibson, Poet and Subject of Doc ‘Come See Me in the Good Light,’ Dies at 49
Gibson’s death was announced on social media by their wife, Megan Falley. Gibson and Falley are the main subjects of the ...
Andrea Gibson, poet and queer activist, dies at 49
Andrea Gibson, a spoken-word poet and queer activist, has died. She was 49 years old. Gibson died Monday morning in their ...
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Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died
Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary film made by the poet and their wife dealing with Gibson’s cancer diagnosis in ...
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Colorado’s Poet Laureate has died
Colorado’s poet laureate, Andrea Gibson of Boulder, died at their home early Monday, July 14, from ovarian cancer. They were ...
‘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 ...
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; ...