Thank you to Italian design house, Max Mara, for celebrating my book, Azaleas on Fire, in this virtual event to benefit the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation.  Because literacy is the foundation of all literary arts, I am proud to donate one-hundred percent of the profits from Azaleas on Fire to this charity! I could not have asked for a more wonderful team for this collaboration, from Jacquelyn Rawlings, Head of Special Events and External Affairs for Max Mara New York; Dani Maxwell, director of the Houston store; Arturo Figueroa, Max Mara's incredibly gifted stylist; Julie Baker Finck, Ph.D., President for the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation, and the foundation's dynamic Ladies for Literacy Guild. 
(Note: This dark red dress is part of Max Mara's Fall-Winter 2020 collection. Available here.)
#bushhoustonlit #maxmara  #ladiesforliteracy #championliteracy  #italiandesign  #italianstyle   #azaleasonfire

Thank you to the editors at PULSE for publishing my new poem, "Bone Loss." This journal truly brings "voices from the heart of medicine." I encourage all of my poetry and healthcare colleagues to submit their own medically themed work to PULSE, and to subscribe to their on-line journal!  They publish one new work every week.  In addition to poetry, they also publish personal essays submitted from medical/clinical practitioners working in different fields of healthcare and mental health. Submissions are selected by "blind readings." Subscriptions are free of charge and open to all.  Link to the poem here: https://pulsevoices.org/index.php/poems/bone-loss 

#medicalpoetry     #mentalhealthpoetry     #healthcarepoetry     #voicesfromtheheartofmedicine

I am overjoyed to have been a featured reader at this beautiful library in the heart of old Montrose, the neighborhood where I grew up! What a wonderful crowd! I have never felt so "at home." Thank you to Public Poetry for supporting my work and for "bringing poetry public!"

#azaleasonfire   #houstonpoetryscene   #houstonpoets
#houstonpubliclibrary  #publicpoetry   #ghostpoems

I really cannot speak highly enough of Cindy Huyser and Book Woman. It was an absolute joy to read as their featured poet last night. What an amazing audience!!! I especially love the "call-and-response" style reading that Cindy has developed there, as well as her insightful interview style. Book Woman is a jewel in the crown of Austin's indie spirit, and Cindy Huyser is a phenomenal poet with a peerless reading style of her own. That she goes above and beyond by supporting  the success of other poets speaks volumes about her commitment to the art.
Link to pre-event interview here: https://cindyhuyser.wordpress.com/2019/09/07/a-virtual-interview-with-gabrielle-langley/
#austinpoetry   #bookwoman   #azaleasonfire  #indiebookstores

READINGS AND BOOK SIGNINGS   -  AZALEAS ON FIRE

​September 12th - BookWoman, Austin,TX at 7:15 pm

October 5th - Public Poetry Library Reading Series at 2:00 pm

November 9th - Barnes & Noble​ Gulf Coast Poets Featured Poet
1029 Bay Area Blvd, Webster, TX at 10:00 am

​​#azaleasonfire #southernpoets #houstonpoetry #texaspoets

Loved being able to read a "call and response" at FIX Poetry with the amazing Elina Petrova!!! This reading included poems from our recently published books: my own Azaleas on Fire and Elina's Desert Candles.
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 When you are invited to read your work at the Houston Public Library together with these poetry maestros! Taking poetry public! Thank you to Public Poetry!!!

#houstonpoetry #houstonpoetryscene
Chris Flakus @ #defunktmagazine  #laurapena
#ebonystewart #publicpoetry #takingpoetrypublic

Thank you to this amazing community! I am overwhelmed with gratitude! -- and based on the crowd that filled River Oaks Bookstore, I am pretty sure that the Fire Marshall has now issued a warrant for my arrest.  But more importantly, ​Azaleas...  had record sales on her first day out of the box!
       I am proud to be able to donate one-hundred percent of the proceeds from Azaleas On Fire to the Houston Foundation for Literacy. In memory my mother, who gave me my first poetry book when I was just four years old, I am "paying it forward"... because magical things happen when you read to a child!!! 
#azaleasonfire #houstonfoundationforliteracy #barbarabushfoundation      #southernpoetry #houstonpoetryscene