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American poet (born 1944)
Margaret Gibson (born 1944 in
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania) is an American
poet.
Life
Margaret Gibson grew up in
Richmond, Virginia, and was educated at
Hollins College, and the
University of Virginia. She went to
Yaddo in 1975.
[1]
Gibson is Professor Emerita at
The University of Connecticut.
[2]
She was named to a three-year term as
Poet Laureate of Connecticut in 2019.
[3]
Gibson was married to the late
David McKain, poet and author. She lives in
Preston, Connecticut.
[4]
Awards
- The Vigil, A Poem in Four Voices, a Finalist for the National Book Award in 1993
- Memories of the Future, The Daybooks of Tina Modotti, co-winner of the Melville Cane Award of the Poetry Society of America in 1986-87
- Long Walks in the Afternoon, the 1982
Lamont Selection of the Academy of American Poets
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant
- Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fellowship
- Grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts
- "Earth Elegy," the title poem of New and Selected Poems, won The James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry
- "Archaeology" was awarded a Pushcart Prize in 2001
[5]
Works
Poetry Books
- Not Hearing the Wood Thrush, Louisiana State University Press, 2018.
ISBN
978-0807168202
- Broken Cup, Louisiana State University Press, 2014.
ISBN
978-0807156421
- Second Nature, Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
ISBN
978-0807136959
- One Body: poems. Louisiana State University Press. 2007.
ISBN
978-0807-132401
- Gibson, Margaret (2003).
Autumn Grasses. LSU Press.
ISBN
978-0-8071-2859-6.
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Icon and Evidence. Louisiana State University Press. 2001.
ISBN
978-0-8071-2709-4.
- Earth Elegy, New and Selected Poems. Louisiana State University Press. 1997.
ISBN
978-0-8071-2146-7.
- Gibson, Margaret (1993).
The Vigil, A Poem in Four Voices. LSU Press.
ISBN
978-0-8071-1868-9.
-
Out in the Open. Louisiana State University Press. 1989.
ISBN
978-0-8071-1518-3.
- Gibson, Margaret (1986).
Memories of the Future, The Daybooks of Tina Modotti. LSU Press.
ISBN
978-0-8071-1309-7.
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Long Walks in the Afternoon. Louisiana State University Press. 1982.
ISBN
978-0-8071-1018-8.
-
Signs. Louisiana State University Press. 1979.
ISBN
978-0-8071-0493-4.
- Lunes: poems. Some of Us Press. 1973.
Memoir
Anthologies
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