Andrea Gibson: The Pioneering Poet
If one theme connects Andrea Gibson's poems, it is a recognition of our common humanity. Born and raised in a Baptist family in Maine, Gibson writes with intense compassion about love, sexuality, and social tragedy. In "For Eli," the spoken word artist addresses America's treatment of veterans; in "Ashes," she talks with both defiance and pain about the brutal murder of homosexuals; in "Blue Blanket," she explores the lingering guilt of a childhood sexual abuse.
Source: interviewmagazine.com