Warmest thanks and appreciation goes out to David Meischen at DOS GATOS PRESS for hosting poet, John Milkereit and me in a fantastically well attended on-line reading. David Meischen is a champion and hero for so many of us in the poetry community, and he is a spectacular writer himself! John Milkereit's newest book, A Place Comfortable with Fire, is a stellar achievement! It can be purchased here. Fairy Tale can be purchased here. And if you missed the on-line reading, here is a recording that David Meischen has made available here. ​https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MBGvKucHP48Opme0c_XjRn0Ux9JvKNEz/view?usp=share_link

I am elated to have my second full length collection of poetry published by Sable Books. Fairy Tale is now available at Sable Book's on-line store: Click Here to Purchase.
Fairy Tale is also available in Kindle format on Amazon.com.
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Readers "dance barefoot over the points of stars," find that "a good séance is the art of illusion," and learn how "shades of blue and violet turn the dark a deeper black." Fairy Tale is a sunrise after a moonless night, and Langley is its faithful alchemist, whispering light through every page.--Stacy Nigliazzo, poetry editor of PULSE: Voices from the Heart of Medicine

The poetic imagery is stunning. This poet dances on flames.--Gregory “Goyo” Candela, author of Shallow-Rooted Heart

Compelling, utterly human, and remarkably honest, Fairy Tale investigates the uncertain edges of our unique emotional landscapes.--John Sibley Williams, editor of The Inflectionist Review

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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/

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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). 
Click here to hear reading on Youtube.
#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 
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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/