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What are the tiny things in life that I love? I’ve made a list

Julia Baird Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author September 20, 2025 — 5.00am

In the middle of March this year, just weeks before they died, the much-loved American poet Andrea Gibson sent out a Substack newsletter. It was devoted not to rage, frustration, pain or grief, but to all the things they loved: a list of loves, like “the drama of an ’80s ballad”, the contagion of laughter, pigeons recognising themselves in photographs, that cows have best friends.

Gibson was a hugely gifted genderqueer writer and spoken-word artist, and they were made poet laureate of Colorado in 2023.

When they died, on July 14, from ovarian cancer, and thousands grieved, seekin

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