Colorado Poet Laureate, noted spoken word performer, and activist Andrea Gibson died Monday at age 49 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer. Gibson – who wrote and performed luminous poems on ...

Gibson was an artist and activist, whose spoken word poetry captivated millions and defied the hyperindividualism that ...

When Gibson died on Monday, at age 49, those closest to the poet consoled mourning fans by sharing some of Gibson’s last ...

Iwasnever formally introduced to Andrea Gibson’s poetry. They just felt like kin from the beginning, like a queer cousin I always knew.