Gibson Fay-LeBlanc’s first collection of poems, Death of a Ventriloquist, won the Vassar Miller Prize and was featured by Poets & Writers as one of a dozen debut collections to watch. His second book, Deke Dangle Dive, was published by CavanKerry Press in 2021. Gibson’s poems have appeared in magazines including The New Republic, Tin House, jubilat, Poetry Northwest, and Orion. He currently serves as executive director of the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance and lives in Portland with his family.
