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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, Poet Laureate of Colorado, Dead at 49
Andrea Gibson, acclaimed poet and performance artist, died on July 14 at age 49, following a diagnosis with ovarian cancer.
‘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, '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 ...
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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 ...
Cause of Death for Colorado Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson: How Did She Die?
Andrea Gibson was a well-known activist, a spoken-word artist, and the poet laureate of Colorado. How did Gibson die? What ...
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 ...
Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death, and identity, dies at 49
Gibson was born in Maine and moved to Colorado in the late 1990s, where they had served the past two years as the state’s ...
Andrea Gibson, poet laureate of Colorado, dies at 49
The award-winning Poet Laureate of Colorado, Andrea Gibson, died Monday morning, according to a Facebook post by their family ...
Andrea Gibson, Colorado's poet laureate, has died
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday mourned the loss of Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson, whom he called a champion for the arts ...
Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson dies at 49, leaves ‘Love Letter from the Afterlife’
In the months leading up to their death, Gibson, who was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer in 2021, had been writing ...
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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 49 years old.