ANDREA GIBSON'S POETRY BOOKS HAVE SOLD 120,000 COPIES.

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2021 Goodreads Choice Awards – Best Poetry Book Finalist

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You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection.

The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between.

One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark honesty and vulnerability are on full display in You Better Be Lightning, welcoming and inviting readers to be just as they are.

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The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation

The Death of Poetry