Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns

Four-time Denver Grand Champion Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of the 2008 Women of the World Poetry Slam Andrea Gibsons dynamic and energetic first book Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns challenges us to not only read but to react. . Hauntingly vivid the poems march through a soldiers lingering psychological wounds tackle the curious questions of school children on the meaning of hate and tangle with a lovers witty and vibrant description of longing. . Gibsons poems deconstruct the current political climate through stunning imagery and careful crafting. With the same velocity the poignant and vacillating love poems sweep the air out of the room. Its word-induced hypoxia. Pole Dancing to Gospel Hymns whispers with a bold and unforgettable internal voice rich with the kind of questioning that inspires action.