Margaret Gibson

Margaret Gibson, M.A. University of Virginia, is the author of 13 books of poems, all from LSU Press, most recently The Glass Globe, the final book in a trilogy that includes Broken Cup, 2014, whose title poem won a Pushcart Prize for 2016. Broken Cup was a Finalist for the 2016 Poet's Prize. The second book in the trilogy, Not Hearing the Wood Thrush,was published in 2018. Awards include the Lamont Selection for Long Walks in the Afternoon (1982), the Melville Kane Award for Memories of the Future (1986), the Connecticut Book Award in Poetry for One Body (2008). The Vigil was a Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry in 1993.  She has also written a memoir, The Prodigal Daughter, University of Missouri Press, 2008. Gibson is Professor Emerita, University of Connecticut, and lives in Preston, CT. The Poet Laureate of the State of Connecticut 2019-2022, she was awarded an Academy of American Poets Grant (for Poet Laureates) in 2019.