MARGARET GIBSON, Connecticut’s State Poet Laureate (2019-2022), has published 14 books of poems, all with LSU Press, most recently DRAW ME WITHOUT BOUNDARIES. Awards: The Lamont Selection, Melville Kane Award, Connecticut Book Award (twice). She was a Finalist for the National Book Award, 1993, and for the Poets’ Prize, 2016. With a grant from the Academy of American Poets, she edited an anthology, Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis. Visit her website: MargaretGibsonPoetry.com