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You better be lightning. Cover Image Book Book

You better be lightning.

Gibson, Andrea, (author.).

Summary:

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.

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  • ISBN: 9781943735990
  • Physical Description: 115 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, MN: Button Poetry, [2021]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
acceptance speech after setting the world record in goosebumps -- the year of no grudges, or instead of writing a furious text, I try a poem -- the museum of broken relationships -- time piece -- queer youth are five times more likely to die by suicide -- no such thing as the innocent bystander -- to whom it definitely concerns -- every time I ever said I wan to die -- instead of depression -- what live is -- homesick: a plea for our planet -- the day prince died -- my gender is the undoing of gender -- spelling bee without stinger -- the night shift -- love me to life -- love letter to the tick that got me sick -- after the break-up, our tandem bike speaks: -- neighbors -- note to the stranger six feet away: -- good grief -- the call, option 1 -- the call, option 2 -- what can't be taken -- the test of time -- aliens explain why they are visiting earth -- constellations rearrange themselves into a protest sign -- climate change -- wellness check -- my girlfriend's karaoke song -- what you wish you'd said to the high school guidance counselor -- what sucks about the afterlife -- how the worst day in my life became the best -- life sentence -- not alone -- how i became a poet -- see this through -- the last hours -- acknowledgements -- about the author
Subject: Feminism > Poetry.
American poetry.
Genre: Love poetry.
Queer poetry.
Political poetry.
Poetry.

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