Andrea Gibson is not gentle with her truths. It is this raw fearlessness that has led her to the forefront of the spoken word movement—she was the first winner of the Women’s World Poetry Slam. Andrea has headlined prestigious performance venues coast to coast with powerful readings on war, class, gender, bullying, white privilege, sexuality, love, and spirituality. Her work has been featured on the BBC, Air America, C-SPAN, Free Speech TV and in 2010 it was read by a state representative in lieu of morning prayer at the Utah State Legislature . On her fifth full-length album "Flower Boy," and in her second book, "The Madness Vase," Andrea Gibson’s poems continue to be a rallying cry for action and a welcome mat at the door of the heart’s most compassionate room. Says Metaphor Media: "Gibson is among the nation’s most admired and emulated poets. Her verse is at once personal and political, feminist and universal, filled with incinerating verbs and metaphor, and delivered with gut-punching urgency.” Songwriter Jesse Thomas opens.