Gibson Passes Away / BSL on Forward Shortlist – Poetry News Roundup July 18th

This week on My Poetic Side, we look at articles about the death of the poet and performance artist Andrea Gibson, and the shortlist for the Forward Poetry Prize. Andrea Gibson, Poet and Performance Artist, Dies Aged 49 The poet and performance artist Andrea Gibson, who had been the Poet Laureate of Colorado since 2023 and used they/them pronouns, has died at the age of 49, four years after being diagnosed with cancer. A statement ...
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