Gabrielle Bates works at Open Books: A Poem Emporium and edits for the Seattle Review, Poetry Northwest, Broadsided Press, and Bull City Press. The recipient of support from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Hugo House, and Artist Trust, her poems and poetry comics appear in The New Yorker, Poetry, New England Review, and jubilat, among other journals. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, she currently lives in Seattle. You can find more of her work at www.gabriellebat.es.