Warmest thanks to Christal Ann Rice Cooper for interviewing me for her Backstory of the Poem series! I am also feeling immense gratitude to my brother, Frederick Hall, for being a constant support and inspiration (and to whom this forthcoming book is dedicated)!

Sable Books has just sent Fairy Tale out to the printer! Special thanks to Danny Krawiec, Sable Books' art director, for allowing me to work so closely with him on the cover design. As fellow authors will attest to, it is extremely rare to have a publisher who is willing to fully collaborate with an author who shows up with their own vision for the book's cover. 
     
Fairy Tale's launch is estimated to be in the first quarter of 2023. Will keep you posted! 

Link to Interview Here: http://chrisricecooper.com/387-backstory-of-the-poem-going-halves-from-the-poetry-collection-fairy-tale-by-gabrielle-langley/

#sablebooks   #fairytale  #trueheroes  #ros1ders  #backstoryofthepoem  #ghostpoems  #balletpoems 

November 5th Reading at Brazos Bookstore! All are invited!
I am very excited to be joining other selected Houston authors this coming Saturday evening at Brazos Bookstore. I will be doing a preview reading of a few specially chosen ghost-themed poems from my upcoming book, Fairy Tale (Sable Books, 2023). This event, hosted by Brazos Bookstore, has been arranged in collaboration with Houston Writers Guild and www.wivla.org/Women in the Visual and Literary Arts (WIVLA). 

#ghosts #ghostpoems #hauntings #brazosbookstore #houstonpoetry  #houstonwritersguild #womeninthevisualandliteraryarts  #wivla

It's been a magical week in New York City! Seen here at the Lotos Club, New York's treasured club for writers and artists. Special thanks to Sheryl Sims Foster and Dean Foster for this unique opportunity. Everyone needs to check out Dean Foster's podcast, "Oops, Your Culture's Showing!" for his exceptional insights into the role of culture on human interactions. 
   Being in this historic space inspired me to reread Lord Alfred Tennyson's brilliant poem, "The Lotos-eaters," based on the Homer's Odyssey, that part where some of Odysseus' crew are fed the addictive lotos fruit, a mythical delicacy that saps all of their drive and ambition, causing them to (temporarily) abandon their voyage.
     I was also honored to attend both the private and the public opening of the Dusti Bongé exhibit at Hollis Taggart's splendid art gallery in Chelsea.  Dusti Bongé was an immensely talented Abstract Expressionist painter from the South, represented by Betty Parsons during the zenith of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Hollis Taggart worked together with the Dusti Bongé Art Foundation, and Dusti's grandson, photographer Paul Bongé , to make sure her works are once again available for viewing and acquisition in New York City.
#hiddennewyork #thelotosclub #literaryclubs #lordalfredtennyson #thelotos-eaters  #victorianpoetry #abexpainters #bettyparsons #dustibonge #womeninthearts #hollistaggart #abstractexpressionism
Photo Credit: Chris Thygesen

Thank you to Martha Serpas, Maya Marsall, and 
Vickie Vértiz for selecting my work to appear in Public Poetry's Pandemic Poems anthology. I am deeply honored to find my name in their list of finalists.
Anthology Finalists:
Megan Aldridge, Andrew Analore, K.P. Anderson, Brianna Arnold, Elliot Chapman, Deborah DeNicola, Diana Donovan, Gail Ford, Robert René Galván, Emily Hosler, Sean Huh, Karen Kovacik, Gabrielle Langley, Zev Levinson, Naomi Lowinsky, Darren Lyons, Katharyn Machan, Mari-Carmen Marin, Megan Merchant, Mayowa Oyewale, James Penha, Neethu Prasanna, Yiskah Rosenfeld, Joel Savishinsky, Sharon Scholl, Kristina Stapleton, Holly Venus, A. Garnett Weiss, John Sibley Williams.
Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pandemic-Poems-Martha-Serpas/dp/1087992478/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NFQPFEQVS5XW&keywords=martha+serpas+pandemic+poems&qid=1658247785&s=digital-text&sprefix=martha+serpas+pandemic+poems%2Cdigital-text%2C74&sr=1-1 
#marthaserpas #mayamarshall #vickievertiz #publicpoetry #pandemicpoems #poetryinhealthcare #narrativemedicine

Thank you to Sappho's Torque for including me as one of their featured poets for National Poetry Month. I am honored that they chose "A Particle Theory of Inheritance" as an example of my work. This is an incredibly special poem to me, a celebration of physics, written for Dr. Forrest G. Hall on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Link here: https://sapphostorque.com/2022/04/21/national-poetry-month-gabrielle-langley/

Thank you to James LaVilla-Havelin, stellar American poet and poetry editor of the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News, for selecting my poem, "Talisman," to be featured in the newspapers' Sunday arts section!


#houstonpoetryscene #sanantoniopoetryscene #texaspoetryscene #houstonpoetry #sanantoniopoetry #texaspoetry 
 

Warmest thanks to the editors, A. Molotkov and John Sibley Williams, at The Inflectionist Review for publishing two of my new poems, "Haunting" and "Spring Equinox: Pandemic." I have long been hoping to have my work included in this esteemed journal of exquisitely curated poetry and artwork. (Cover art for The Inflectionist Review, Issue #13, shown here, by Megan Merchant.) Be sure and check out this amazing issue! The Inflectionist Review has a very unique aesthetic, an editorial approach "that fosters a dialogue...between ambiguity and concept." Bring on the magic! Highly recommend!


#inflectionism #theinflectionistreview #ghostpoems  #hauntings  #pandemicpoems  #daffodilsinpoems   #springequinoxpoem  #amolotkov #johnsibleywilliams #meganmerchant

I am over-the-moon thrilled to have my poem, "White Swan and Cherries," featured in the Fall Issue of Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality in the Arts. As all of my colleagues working in mental health and health care are well aware, this has been eighteen months of spirit-crushing proportions, a time when fairy-tale magic is the only thing that can possibly keep you going.  

#swansinpoetry #fairytalemagic #survivingapandemic #survinghealthcare #survivingburnout #compassionfatigue ​#thegreatresignation #transendence  #tercets  #spiritualityinpoetry