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Poet Andrea Gibson dies

Andrea Gibson — Colorado state poet laureate, queer activist and spoken-word artist — dies at 49

In 2023, Gibson was named Colorado’s tenth state poet laureate, a role created to promote poetry appreciation in the state and honor local wordsmiths.

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Andrea Gibson, Poet Laureate of Colorado, Dead at 49

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Andrea Gibson, poet and the subject of an award-winning documentary, dies at 49

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Andrea Gibson, featured in award-winning documentary, dies at 49 after cancer battle

Andrea Gibson, an author, performer and activist known for their spoken word poetry, died July 14 after a four-year battle with ovarian cancer.

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Poet, performance artist and documentary subject dies of cancer at 49

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Andrea Gibson, Colorado's poet laureate, has died

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Andrea Gibson Refused to ‘Battle’ Cancer

“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful,” the writer Rita Dove once argued.

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What Happened to Andrea Gibson? Poet & Activist Passes Away

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Andrea Gibson, poet and queer activist, dies at 49

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‘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 thousands of people saying how much comfort it had brought them.

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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 could send a spoken word poem spinning through space and time knowing it would reach its perfect home — swishing to a close in the last lines, nothing but net.