Gabrielle Bates

JUDAS GOAT (@Tin_House 2023) • she works for @openpoetrybooks • cohosts @PoetSalonPod • teaches a bit • some words in @NewYorker • from Bham, AL • xx

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

I, um, have an announcement, and the announcement is that MY VERY FIRST BOOK IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!

Judas Goat 🔪 @Tin_House 🔪 2023

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

5/8/26 “Taking my pain in and in. Like a lover

after a too-long, anguished absence”

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

Our first prompt this April is the “Little Letter” by @GabrielleBates and we're opening this one to the public to kick off National Poetry Month! https://t.co/OItb6FWbo6

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

It’s the FINAL DAY of our fundraising auction ft. @GabrielleBates, @chenchenwrites, Ross Gay, Ariana Reines, @cathylinhche, @TaraSkurtu, @_joseolivarez, Hala Alyan & more! Get your bids in by 10pm ET!

https://t.co/iCZgZ1sWQu

[Open Books: A Poem Emporium @openpoetrybooks]

Introducing Palestine by Heart: A Fundraiser for Gaza & Poetry Memorization Challenge 💌 Read all about it here! https://t.co/sFK49tDlCh

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

@nc_exlibris 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗!

[Brooklyn Poets @BrooklynPoets]

Our fundraising auction ft. poem feedback, consultations & more from poets incl. @NifMuhammad, Hala Alyan, @GabrielleBates, @cathylinhche, @chenchenwrites, Ross Gay, Eugenia Leigh, @cassmannes, @_joseolivarez, Ariana Reines, @TaraSkurtu & more is live! https://t.co/iCZgZ1sp0W

[the87press @the87press]

Happy publication day to Judas Goat by Gabrielle Bates! Out now on our website and anywhere you buy books 📖 https://t.co/2ISFd7FllT

Gabrielle Bates’ electrifying debut questions what it means to love another person and how to exorcise childhood fears.

[the87press @the87press]

Gabrielle Bates' next stop on her UK book tour of Judas Goat is at East Bristol Books with Emma Gomis✨ https://t.co/OxQAsWWSJH

Other UK tour dates:
London, Cafe OTO
24 Oct

Edinburgh, Topping & Company
27 Oct
with Jessica Widner

Cardiff, Book Space
30 Oct
with Hanan Issa

[the87press @the87press]

Just a couple days until you too can flip through the pages of this unique and highly anticipated book ✨️

Order your copy of AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PERFORMANCE by Blue Pieta, and Bhanu Kapil https://t.co/DkQFeAuqDF

#smallpresspublishing #the87press #booklaunch #indiepress

[The Believer @believermag]

“A man wrote me a letter from prison that included very specific details about my life. / When he told me he was my grandfather, I knew it was impossible, but I still believed him.”

—from “The Letter,” a new poem by @GabrielleBates

https://t.co/8Ijgip3v3e

[the87press @the87press]

We're delighted to announce one of our acts for the next MUSHAIRA is our very own Gabrielle Bates (@GabrielleBates)!

October 24th 2025, doors at 7 at Cafe OTO
https://t.co/OpwdhzTTS9

Mushaira is a live literature reading series featuring authors published by indie presses.

[Patrycja @jej_sen]

join me this Sunday 9/21 for Lake Effect: A Generative Writing Workshop, 11am-11.30pm CT. sliding scale, details here: https://t.co/1humR1hrHq

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

trying to force myself to share at least the occasional poem, now that I'm throwing new work against the walls. this one was published in Southern Indiana Review. I wrote it in a time when I had not really slept for many months and was going insane.

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

a treasure trove! @openpoetrybooks https://t.co/jglBgORgNz

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

Please consider buying these (terrific) poetry books from a poetry bookstore! You can order directly from Open Books: A Poem Emporium ♥️

[National Book Foundation @nationalbook]

Congrats to all of the poets Longlisted for the 2025 #NBAwards for Poetry! Visit the Foundation’s website to learn more.

https://t.co/UWb4nQj4Mo

[Open Books: A Poem Emporium @openpoetrybooks]

Congrats to all the tremendous poets on this list 🎉🎉🎉 We're rooting for you (& you & you & ...) ✨ All the books listed here are available for order and pre-order through our site, or come on by your local poetry bookstore to pick up a copy in person: https://t.co/A9ScjVaVwr

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

come celebrate this gorgeous debut with us 💗💗💗

[I.S. Jones 🦌🌑 @isjonespoetry]

i'm going to have several in-person launches, but on September 9th at 8PM online, i will be reading with my brilliant peers @GabrielleBates @brittanyroger_ @kamerynalexa @MoonsAtDusk to name a few! registration is now live for this free event: https://t.co/fVOTiGmC5Y

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

throwback to the first “good” poem I ever wrote, circa fall 2014; I still remember sitting at my tiny studio apartment table, first semester of grad school, CD Wright’s selected poems nearby—

[Simeon Berry @simeonberry]

“How many nights have I done this. Whittled / a carousel out of my hands. Invited to bed their / wooden breath.” —@GabrielleBates, “Carousel” @GuernicaMag https://t.co/50Jg8dp4dQ

[Gabrielle Bates @GabrielleBates]

@simeonberry @GuernicaMag surprising throwback ♥️

[Open Books: A Poem Emporium @openpoetrybooks]

Free poetry office hours continue at Open Books: A Poem Emporium this September, this time with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha! Upcoming dates: 9/12, 9/24, and 9/26. Sign-up for an appointment in person (on the sheet outside the Parlor door) or try your luck at a drop-in ✨