Poetry Pour x Symposium presents Poetry Book Club!!!

Join us on May 29th from 7-8pm as we partner with The Poetry Pour for Poetry Book Club. This month, we'll be reading and discussing Andrea Gibson's Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns. Copies are available in-store and online for patrons.

About the book:

Four-time Denver Grand Champion, Pushcart Prize nominee, and winner of the 2008 Women of the World Poetry Slam, Andrea Gibson's dynamic and energetic first book, Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns, challenges us to not only read, but to react.

"Andrea Gibson does not just show up to pluck your heartstrings, [they stick] around to tune them. If being floored is new to you, ya might wanna grab a cushion. Beware the highway in [their] grace and the crowbar in [their] verse." – Buddy Wakefield, author of Stunt Water
"To call [them] one of the best poets would be a gross understatement. [Their] words cut so sharply and completely they cannot be shaken. [They are] a rare artist who forever changes those who experience [their] poems." – Carlos Andres Gomez, HBO Def Poet and co-star of Spike Lee's Inside Man

Hauntingly vivid, the poems march through a soldier's lingering psychological wounds, tackle the curious questions of school children on the meaning of "hate", and tangle with a lover's witty and vibrant description of longing. Gibson's poems deconstruct the current political climate through stunning imagery and careful crafting. With the same velocity, the poignant and vacillating love poems are equally capable of sweeping the air out of the room. Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns has a bold and unforgettable internal voice and is rich with the kind of questioning that inspires action.

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