Book cover of You Better Be Lightning

You Better Be Lightning

ISBN: 9781943735990

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1299 den
Pages 115
Published 9.11.2021
Binding Paperback
Publisher Button Poetry
Dimensions 220 x 140 x 6 mm
Language English
2023 Feathered Quill Book Awards Gold Medal Winner

2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) Gold Medal Winner

2022 Over the Rainbow Short List

2021 Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry Book Finalist

2021 Bookshop's Indie Press Highlights





You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection.



The poems range from close examination of the deeply personal to the vastness of the world, exploring the expansiveness of the human experience from love to illness, from space to climate change, and so much more in between.



One of the most celebrated poets and performers of the last two decades, Andrea Gibson's trademark honesty and vulnerability are on full display in You Better Be Lightning, welcoming and inviting readers to be just as they are.