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4.59 AVERAGE
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I've never really been a poetry person, and by that I mean I don't seek it out or really enjoy indulging in it (which seems to be a key part of the whole genre!) but Andrea Gibson changes that. They write with such emotion, intimacy, wit and passion that I not only want to read their poetry, but I want to write my own. I'll definitely be reading more from them soon. Also, how can you not pick up a book with a title like "you better be lightning" with a cover like this? :)
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Outstanding. I don't know how I hadn't read the work of Andrea Gibson before - I was really missing out. I always WANT to read more poetry, but am afraid I will have to think too hard and the meaning will go over my head. This book demanded me to think, but in a much more reflective way. I *wanted* to think about things - life, love, who matters, what matters... This also hit me in the feels way more than intended, and struck me in some pretty deep places. A poem or two may have left me sobbing, a few caught my breath, and another left me feeling really uncomfortable at how personal it felt. Gibson has a gift for intimately speaking of the ways in which we are human, and they have a gift for humanizing "others" - those who are different in political/moral beliefs or those who have deeply hurt us. Gibson is also to be looked up on Youtube, performing spoken poetry. This will definitely make my top 10 of 2023.
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I bought Andrea's latest book when it first came out, preordered it from my local bookstore, and for whatever reason, couldn't bring myself to open it until this week. Thank you, once again, for always bringing me back to center when I very much need it most. I've seen them live several times, and now, even reading their words silently, reading words I haven't heard them speak before, I can hear their voice reading every, single, word.