MARGARET GIBSON

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MARGARET GIBSON, Poet Laureate of Connecticut (2019-2022) has published 14 books of poems, all with LSU Press, most recently DRAW ME WITHOUT BOUNDARIES. Prior to this experimental book of poetry and prose, Gibson brought out a trilogy, which includes Broken Cup, Not Hearing the Wood Thrush, and The Glass Globe, which won the Connecticut Book Award in Poetry. AWARDS: The Lamont Selection, Melville Kane Award, Connecticut Book Award (twice). She was a Finalist for the National Book Award, 1993, and for the Poets’ Prize, 2016.  With a grant from the Academy of American Poets, she edited an anthology, Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis. 

Poet Margaret Gibson and Actress Tori Richnavsky will present a dramatic reading of Gibson's new book, DRAW ME WITHOUT BOUNDARIES.