You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

You Better Be Lightning

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You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

Button Poetry

You Better Be Lightning

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2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner
2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner
2022 Over the Rainbow Short List
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.
Book Details
Publisher:
Button Poetry
ISBN:
9781943735990
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
128
Authors:
Andrea Gibson
Published Date:
2021-11-09
Language:
English
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About Andrea Gibson

A spoken word poet, Andrea Gibson (1975–2025) was born in Calais, Maine. Their books include The Madness Vase (Write Bloody, 2011), Take Me With You (Penguin, 2018), and Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry, 2018). They won the inaugural Women of the World Poetry Slam in 2008. Appointed Poet Laureate of Colorado in 2023, they received an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship in 2024. Gibson died on July 14, 2025.

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