# Kate Gale > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kate_Gale > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kate_Gale.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Gale > Source revision: 1355507231 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American poet}} right|thumb|Kate Gale '''Kate Gale''' (born 1966) is an American author, poet, librettist, and independent publisher. She is the publisher of [Red Hen Press](/source/Red_Hen_Press).{{cite web|date=|title=Staff and Board|url=https://redhen.org/staff-and-board/|access-date=2021-10-07|website=Red Hen Press}} == Life == Kate Gale was born in [Binghamton, New York](/source/Binghamton%2C_New_York) to Stephen Gale and Evadene Swanson. She graduated with a B.A. in English from [Arizona State University](/source/Arizona_State_University). She received an M.A. in English with a creative writing emphasis from [California State University Northridge](/source/California_State_University_Northridge) in 1990 and a Ph.D. in English from [Claremont Graduate University](/source/Claremont_Graduate_University) in 2003. == Career == Gale, along with her husband Mark E. Cull, founded [Red Hen Press](/source/Red_Hen_Press) in 1994.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A Quarter Century of Inclusion at Red Hen Press|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/81756-a-quarter-century-of-inclusion-at-red-hen-press.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-11|website=www.publishersweekly.com}} Gale is the managing editor of Red Hen Press; the editor of the [Los Angeles Review](/source/Los_Angeles_Review),{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2007-10-01|title=Redhen Press|url=http://www.redhen.org/la_review.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001045533/http://www.redhen.org/la_review.asp|archive-date=2007-10-01|access-date=2021-01-11}}{{Cite web|last=Writer|first=Guest|title=LA Might Not Have The New Yorker, But At Least We're Not Pretentious: Spotlight on Local Lit Mags|url=https://laist.com/2011/02/15/la_might_not_have_the_new_yorker_bu.php|access-date=2021-01-11|website=LAist|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227100614/https://laist.com/2011/02/15/la_might_not_have_the_new_yorker_bu.php|url-status=dead}} which is also part of Red Hen Press; and the past president of the Los Angeles chapter of the [American Composers Forum](/source/American_Composers_Forum). She was the 2005-2006 president of [PEN USA](/source/PEN_American_Center) and serves on the board of the School of Arts and Humanities of [Claremont Graduate University](/source/Claremont_Graduate_University) and [Poetry Society of America](/source/Poetry_Society_of_America). She teaches in the Low Residency MFA program at the University of Omaha [http://www.unomaha.edu/unmfaw/Faculty/Faculty2.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231851/http://www.unomaha.edu/unmfaw/Faculty/Faculty2.php |date=2014-02-01 }} and at the MFA in Creative Writing Program at San Diego State University. Gale is an author for [HuffPost](/source/HuffPost).[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/kate-273 Kate Gale] == Works == Gale's work began with ''Blue Air'', a book of poetry published by Garden Street Press, San Luis Obispo. She published three collections of poetry with Red Hen Press: ''Where Crows and Men Collide'', ''Selling the Hammock'', and ''Fishers of Men''. ''Mating Season'' was published by [Tupelo Press](/source/Tupelo_Press) in 2004. She has also written the librettos to two operas. ''Rio de Sangre'', with composer Don Davis, was showcased at [Walt Disney Concert Hall](/source/Walt_Disney_Concert_Hall) in 2005, by the New York City Opera VOX in May 2007 and had its world premiere on October 22, 2010 with the Florentine Opera Company in Milwaukee.{{Cite news|last=Waleson|first=Heidi|date=2010-10-27|title=An All-Too-Bloodless Coup|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303467004575574132417290898|access-date=2021-01-11|issn=0099-9660}} ''Paradises Lost'', co-written with [Ursula K. Le Guin](/source/Ursula_K._Le_Guin) with composer Stephen Taylor, was showcased at the [New York City Opera](/source/New_York_City_Opera) VOX in 2006. In 2014, Kate published two poetry collections: ''Goldilocks Zone'', by the [University of New Mexico Press](/source/University_of_New_Mexico_Press), and ''Echo Light'', by Red Mountain Press—winner of the Red Mountain Press Editor's Award. 2016 saw the appearance of ''The Palm Trees Are Restless: Five Poems of Kate Gale'', a song cycle by composer [Mark Abel](/source/Mark_Abel) released on the Delos label. The piece is a setting of texts from ''Echo Light'' sung by soprano [Hila Plitmann](/source/Hila_Plitmann). Kate Gale's The Loneliest Girl and The Goldilocks Zone were published by the University of New Mexico Press. Her novel Under a Neon Sun was published by Three Rooms Press in 2024. She is now the publisher of Red Hen Press. == Awards == * Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award * Claremont Graduate University Fellowship * Mitchell Lathrop Fellowship * Red Mountain Press Editor's Award{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2016-03-03|title=Kate Gale Received the Red Mountain Editor's Award for ECHO LIGHT|url=http://redmountainpress.us/kate-gale-received-the-red-mountain-editors-award-for-echo-light/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213050/http://redmountainpress.us/kate-gale-received-the-red-mountain-editors-award-for-echo-light/|archive-date=2016-03-03|access-date=2021-01-11}} == Bibliography == *''The Loneliest Girl'' (University of New Mexico Press, 2022) *''Echo Light'' (Red Mountain Press, 2014) *''Goldilocks Zone'' (University of New Mexico Press, 2014) *''The Crucifix is Down'' (Red Hen Press, 2005) (ed.) *''Mating Season'' (Tupelo Press, 2004) *''Fake-City Syndrome'' (Red Hen Press, 2002) (ed.) *''Lake of Fire'' (Winter Street Press, 2000) *''Blue Cathedral'' (Red Hen Press, 2000) (ed.) *''Fishers of Men'' (Red Hen Press, 2000) *''African Sleeping Beauty'' (Blue Beginnings Publishing, 2000) *''Selling the Hammock'' (Red Hen Press, 1998) *''Anyone is Possible'' (Red Hen Press, 1997) (ed.) *''Where Crows and Men Collide'' (Red Hen Press, 1995) *''Water Moccasins'' (Title Wave Press, 1994) *''Blue Air'' (Garden Street Press, 1993) == Librettos == *''[Río de Sangre](/source/R%C3%ADo_de_Sangre)'' with composer [Don Davis](/source/Don_Davis_(composer)) *''Paradises Lost'' with Ursula K. Le Guin and composer Stephen Andrew Taylor *''Inner Circle'' adapted from the novel by T. C. Boyle with composer [Daniel Felsenfeld](/source/Daniel_Felsenfeld) *''Che Guevara'' with composer Andrew Bayola *''The Web Opera'' with composer Michael Roth *''Gargoyles'' with composer [Julia Adolphe](/source/Julia_Adolphe) ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.redhen.org Red Hen's Website] * [http://www.riodesangre.com Rio de Sangre site] *(http://www.kategale.com) {{Authority control}} {{portal bar|Politics|United States}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gale, Kate}} Category:1966 births Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers Category:20th-century American poets Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers Category:21st-century American poets Category:American librettists Category:American opera librettists Category:American political writers Category:American publishers (people) Category:American women non-fiction writers Category:Arizona State University alumni Category:California State University, Northridge, alumni Category:Claremont Graduate University alumni Category:Living people Category:Poets from New York (state) Category:Writers from Binghamton, New York Category:Women librettists Category:Women opera librettists Category:20th-century American women poets Category:21st-century American women poets --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kate Gale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Gale) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Gale?action=history)). 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