![WordsWest 25 - Terrance Hayes and Jane Wong / Favorite Poem by Gabrielle Bates and Billie Swift of Open Books WordsWest 25 - Terrance Hayes and Jane Wong / Favorite Poem by Gabrielle Bates and Billie Swift of Open Books](https://wordswestliterary.weebly.com/uploads/3/7/8/9/37896269/dsc05222_orig.jpg)
WordsWest 25 - Terrance Hayes and Jane Wong / Favorite Poem by Gabrielle Bates and Billie Swift of Open Books
![Gabrielle Bates on Twitter: "I wrote “Salmon” when I was thinking a lot about clarity, trying to push myself & my words in that terrifying direction. Grateful to @AmPoetryReview for giving it Gabrielle Bates on Twitter: "I wrote “Salmon” when I was thinking a lot about clarity, trying to push myself & my words in that terrifying direction. Grateful to @AmPoetryReview for giving it](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E03uZSHWEAEGmUd.jpg:large)
Gabrielle Bates on Twitter: "I wrote “Salmon” when I was thinking a lot about clarity, trying to push myself & my words in that terrifying direction. Grateful to @AmPoetryReview for giving it
Gabrielle Bates in Conversation With Luther Hughes at Powell's City of Books in Portland, OR - Fri, Jan 27 - EverOut Portland
![English alumna publishes second poem in The New Yorker - College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University English alumna publishes second poem in The New Yorker - College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University](https://cla.auburn.edu/media/0ygfoako/gabby-bates.jpg)