Margaret Gibson (born 1944 in

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) is an American

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Life

Margaret Gibson grew up in

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, and was educated at

Hollins College Hollins University is a private university in Hollins, Virginia. Founded in 1842 as Valley Union Seminary in the historical settlement of Botetourt Springs, it is one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States ...

, and the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

. She went to

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in 1975. Gibson is Professor Emerita at

The University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Har ...

. She was named to a three-year term as

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ...

of Connecticut in 2019. Gibson was married to the late David McKain, poet and author. She lives in

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Awards

*''The Vigil, A Poem in Four Voices'', a Finalist for the National Book Award in 1993 * ''Memories of the Future, The Daybooks of Tina Modotti'', co-winner of the Melville Cane Award of the Poetry Society of America in 1986-87 * ''Long Walks in the Afternoon'', the 1982 Lamont Selection of the Academy of American Poets * National Endowment for the Arts Grant * Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fellowship * Grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts * "Earth Elegy," the title poem of New and Selected Poems, won The James Boatwright III Prize for Poetry * "Archaeology" was awarded a Pushcart Prize in 2001

Works

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Poetry Books

* ''Not Hearing the Wood Thrush,'' Louisiana State University Press, 2018. *''Broken Cup,'' Louisiana State University Press, 2014. *''Second Nature,'' Louisiana State University Press, 2010. * * * * * * * * * *

Memoir

Anthologies

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References

External links

"A Reading by Margaret Gibson", ''Blackbird Magazine'', June 14, 2002
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