92 pages / 6.00 x 9.00 inches / no illustrations
Margaret Gibson, the poet laureate of Connecticut from 2019 to 2022, is the author of thirteen books of poems, including The Vigil, a finalist for the National Book Award. She has received grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Academy of American Poets. Her awards include the Lamont Selection, the Melville Kane Award, and the Connecticut Book Award. She is the editor of Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis.
“Pensive and memorable work.”—Booklist
“[A] gorgeous love letter to her husband, whose memory is being worn away by Alzheimer's.”—NPR
“The book is strangely calming because its graceful and lyrical lines give perspective to tragedy. Sadness shadows the reading, for sure, but we are made better for being allowed in.”—Washington Independent Review of Books
“Broken Cup is indispensable for both its necessity and its extraordinary beauty. A care-giving friend to whom I showed Gibson's poems replied with an unsurpassable description: they are ‘lifeboats of recognition.’ In this book, Alzheimer's has found its voice.”—Jane Hirshfield, author of Come, Thief
“Among its many virtues, Broken Cup is a great love story. Gibson's poems have an exquisitely lyrical intelligence; they probe with hard-won delicacy.”—Stephen Dunn, author of Here and Now
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