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

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@GabrielleBates
Gabrielle Bates
4 years
I, um, have an announcement, and the announcement is that MY VERY FIRST BOOK IS HAPPENING!!!!!!! Judas Goat 🔪 @Tin_House 🔪 2023
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@openpoetrybooks
Open Books: A Poem Emporium
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Introducing Palestine by Heart: A Fundraiser for Gaza & Poetry Memorization Challenge 💌 Read all about it here! https://t.co/sFK49tDlCh
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@BrooklynPoets
Brooklyn Poets
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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
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@thegiftofchess
The Gift of Chess
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We must endow our children with the gift of critical thinking. Financial resources don’t flow evenly, but we all have intellectual skills & resources of time and learned skills that we can invest in our youth in the form of education. Education centered in critical thinking.
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@the87press
the87press
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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.
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@the87press
the87press
2 months
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
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@the87press
the87press
2 months
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
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@believermag
The Believer
2 months
“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
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@the87press
the87press
2 months
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.
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@NEWSMAX
NEWSMAX
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Trump says NEWSMAX is 'terrific!' Click below to find out why...
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Patrycja
3 months
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
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@GabrielleBates
Gabrielle Bates
3 months
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.
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@GabrielleBates
Gabrielle Bates
3 months
Please consider buying these (terrific) poetry books from a poetry bookstore! You can order directly from Open Books: A Poem Emporium ♥️
@nationalbook
National Book Foundation
3 months
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
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@openpoetrybooks
Open Books: A Poem Emporium
3 months
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:
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Patricia Smith
3 months
Thrilled and honored to be included in this stellar lineup. https://t.co/EK7FcJ0OsU
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@GabrielleBates
Gabrielle Bates
3 months
come celebrate this gorgeous debut with us 💗💗💗
@isjonespoetry
I.S. Jones 🦌🌑
3 months
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
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@GabrielleBates
Gabrielle Bates
4 months
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—
@simeonberry
Simeon Berry
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“How many nights have I done this. Whittled / a carousel out of my hands. Invited to bed their / wooden breath.” —@GabrielleBates, “Carousel” @GuernicaMag
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@openpoetrybooks
Open Books: A Poem Emporium
4 months
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 ✨
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@ZaffarKunial
Zaffar Kunial
4 months
Sally Rooney: “I too support Palestine Action. If this makes me a “supporter of terror” under UK law, so be it. My books, at least for now, are still published in Britain, and are widely available … I want to be clear that I intend to use these proceeds of my work, as well as my
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@readalittlepoem
Read A Little Poetry
4 months
@GabrielleBates Follow @GabrielleBates to discover more of her work. Read more at https://t.co/Ejn2oWxpGz. You can also purchase her latest book, Judas Goat, published by Tin House.
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@DiscoveryCSC
Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture
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REGISTER NOW for the 8th Annual Dallas Conference on Science & Faith “Endowed by Our Creator: Science, Faith, and the American Idea” Featuring Ben Carson, Stephen Meyer, Michael Egnor & more.
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@readalittlepoem
Read A Little Poetry
4 months
Today’s poem is selected by Gabrielle Bates (@GabrielleBates) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry. “Radio, Radio” appeared in Radio, Radio by Ben Doyle, published by Louisiana State University Press, 2000. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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@the87press
the87press
4 months
Looking forward to publishing this beautiful collection of poems by Gabrielle Bates(@gabriellebates) 📖 Judas Goat, coming to the UK and Ireland in October 2025. Pre-order now: https://t.co/Eh3DwIZpvP #letscreate #the87press #SupportIndiePublishers #literature #preorder
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