Andrea Gibson ’97 named Colorado’s poet laureate

According to a story in the Denver Post, Andrea Gibson was named Colorado’s ninth poet laureate on September 6, a position in which they hope to “redirect awe, astonishment and wonder back into people.”

That’s “something we were born with, but culture takes out of us as we grow older,” Gibson said in a state news release. “I spent so much time writing about what was wrong with the world. Now I write about what I dream the world can be.”

Gibson — a queer activist, author and four-time Denver Grand Slam poetry champion — writes about the LGBTQ community, spirituality, feminism, mental health and gun reform, among other topics.

Andrea is a 1997 English graduate from Saint Joseph’s. Congratulations to Andrea!

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