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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
2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights
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.
2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner
2022 Over the Rainbow Short List
2021 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist
2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights
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.
Industry Reviews
"ANDREA GIBSON IS IN THE FIGHT FOR HEARTS AND MINDS. WITH A RELENTLESS SENSE OF URGENCY AND EMOTIONS -- "HAVING FEELINGS ALL OVER" -- LEAVENED BY AN OCCASIONAL FLASH OF HUMOR."
--BOSTON GLOBE
"ANDREA GIBSON SEAMLESSLY SPINS HOPELESSNESS INTO HOPE, FIRES BACK AT SOCIAL NORMS, AND CHALLENGES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ALIVE AND TO BE HUMAN"
--THEM
"ANDREA GIBSON WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT GENDER."
-- BUZZFEED
"ANDREA GIBSON'S POETRY... WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SEEN AND HEARD AND BEAUTIFULLY ARTICULATED..."
-- HUFFINGTON POST
"GIBSON CAPTURES RAW HUMAN EXPERIENCES AND EMOTIONS--BOTH GOOD AND BAD AND TURNS THEM INTO SOMETHING OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL, REMINDING THEIR AUDIENCE OF THE POWER IN VULNERABILITY AND IN LIVING."
-- OUT FRONT MAGAZINE
--BOSTON GLOBE
"ANDREA GIBSON SEAMLESSLY SPINS HOPELESSNESS INTO HOPE, FIRES BACK AT SOCIAL NORMS, AND CHALLENGES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ALIVE AND TO BE HUMAN"
--THEM
"ANDREA GIBSON WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT GENDER."
-- BUZZFEED
"ANDREA GIBSON'S POETRY... WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SEEN AND HEARD AND BEAUTIFULLY ARTICULATED..."
-- HUFFINGTON POST
"GIBSON CAPTURES RAW HUMAN EXPERIENCES AND EMOTIONS--BOTH GOOD AND BAD AND TURNS THEM INTO SOMETHING OPTIMISTIC AND HOPEFUL, REMINDING THEIR AUDIENCE OF THE POWER IN VULNERABILITY AND IN LIVING."
-- OUT FRONT MAGAZINE
ISBN: 9781943735990
ISBN-10: 1943735999
Series: Button Poetry
Published: 9th November 2021
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 128
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Button Poetry
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 14 x 1
Weight (kg): 0.17
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