Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The literary world has lost two writers, including a celebrated poet. Andrea Gibson, who used the pronoun they, explored gender identity, ...

Andrea had a unique ability to offer their readers and listeners a way of living, to show us how much we need tenderness, and ...

Gibson, who died this week, valued live performance and emotionally resonant language.

O n July 14, beloved spoken-word poet Andrea Gibson died of cancer at their home in Colorado at age 49. A powerful voice in queer letters, Gibson innately understood poetry to be ...

Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity, politics and their ...

Here’s a fact that will ruffle some hollers: poetry is not only for silent classrooms or forgotten bookshelves. For Andrea Gibson, it was a lifeline a method to rage, love, and live out loud. The 2025 ...