Andrea Gibson, celebrated poet, dies
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The photo, provided by the Daesan Foundation, features South Korean poet Kim Hye-soon. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korean poet Kim Hye-soon has won Germany's prestigious International Literature Award for her poetry collection,
A video reading of the poem, titled "Love Letter From the Afterlife" went viral after Gibson's passing was announced -- with thousands of people saying how much comfort it had brought them.
The Key to Everything,” by Margaret A. Brucia, is the first biography of May Swenson, a poet who fashioned her own unique contribution to modern literature.
I am more with you than I ever could have imagined,” Gibson says in the poem, written while facing a terminal illness.
Her heritage, as a scion of Boston Brahmins and the mother of biracial children, shaped a discursive verse style that veiled sharp edges and melancholy resolutions.
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Joy Harjo, who was appointed as U.S. poet laureate in 2019, is the first Native American to take on the role. She was born in Tulsa, Okla., and is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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