Tag: You Better Be Lightning

• Reading Through the Stacks: 5. A Profound Mental Health Journey

  September 22, 2022

  Poetry, Reading Through the Stacks

  Andrea Gibson, Poetry, queer poets, Reading, You Better Be Lightning

  Reading through the Oakland Public Library’s poetry collection. We’re talking about another new volume of poetry today, published in 2021: You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson.. Andrea Gibson (August 13, 1975-) is a queer poet, whose work focuses on LGBTQ+, health, and social justice themes. They are a well known spoken word performer as…