You Better Be Lightning

There is some writing that is so exquisite I want to eat it. That’s how I feel about Andrea Gibson’s writing. I love it when someone can write something that feels like the absolute truth of life and emotions in a way I’ve never seen it expressed before.

Oof, this book is heartbreaking/heartmaking.

I love hearing Andrea read it because of the feeling conveyed in their voice and the way it brings out the musicality in their incredible words. There is also something mesmerizing about reading it on the page, having the time to taste the words and all the space in between the lines.

Andrea’s writing is raw, visceral, and bittersweet-hurts-so-good kind of writing. Their poetry goes right to the quick. This is a book for the ages that, every time I read it, distills for me what matters in my life.