Things That Don't Suck Substack by Andrea Gibson | Insights from Sidestack

Things That Don't Suck

About the Substack

Two poet's quests to uncover what shifts when we shift our attention.

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Monthly essays on grief, love, and the afterlife by Megan Falley. Occasional releases of unpublished Andrea Gibson work, and re-releases, too.

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Monthly essays on grief, love, and the afterlife by Megan Falley. Occasional releases of unpublished Andrea Gibson work, and re-releases, too.
Early tour announcements & presale access, first dibs on new books & merch!
The knowledge that you're helping carry Andrea's work—and mine—forward.

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About Andrea Gibson

Colorado Poet Laureate, author & performer. Subject of the documentary "Come See Me in the Good Light". Currently writing poems from the other side. In the end, my heart was covered in stretch marks.

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