Margaret Gibson (poet)

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Margaret Gibson
Born1944 (age 7980)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Hollins College
University of Virginia
Spouse David McKain (deceased)

Margaret Gibson (born 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American poet.

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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

Works

Poetry Books

Memoir

Anthologies

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References

  1. Joseph M. Flora; Amber Vogel; Bryan Albin Giemza, eds. (2006). Southern Writers. LSU Press. ISBN   978-0-8071-3123-7.
  2. "Department of English | UConn". Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  3. Dunne, Susan (April 3, 2019), "UConn professor Margaret Gibson named Connecticut's seventh poet laureate", Hartford Courant , retrieved 2019-06-01
  4. "Margaret Gibson, Blackbird". www.blackbird.vcu.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  5. Henderson, Bill (2002-11-26). Pushcart Prize XXVII: Best of the Small Presses. Pushcart Press. ISBN   9781888889352.