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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, a Poet of Love, Hope and Gender Identity, Dies at 49

Andrea Gibson, a master of spoken-word poetry who cultivated legions of admirers with intensely personal, often political works exploring gender, love and a personal four-year fight with terminal ova...

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Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and identity, dies at 49

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

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Andrea Gibson, spoken-word artist who poignantly wrote about gender and a terminal diagnosis, dies at 49

The poem “How I Became a Poet” dwells for nearly five minutes on Andrea’s youth — “the tiniest kid in my class/hair cut so strange I looked like a third-grade boy/who gets picked on by his first-grade...

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Andrea Gibson's Cause of Death at 49: How Did Colorado's Poet Laureate Die?

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'West Side Story' Star Ariana DeBose Sends Message After Poet Andrea Gibson 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.

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 and a talented poet.