Sample Poems
"Pulse of My Heart" (Quartet Journal) Editor's Choice award
"Revenant" (The Night Heron Barks) with audio
"Leaving Paradise, 1980" (SWMM)
"The Crossing" (Whale Road Review)
"Trail of Roots" (Nixes Mate)
"Maidenhair" (Cumberland River Review) Nominated for Pushcart Prize
"Cento for Women Who Are Not Believed" (Disquieting Muses Quarterly)
Video of Gail reading: Emily Dickinson Museum, June 24, 2021
www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/past-virtual-programs-archive/
Video of Gail reading "Prayer for a Home Place" from Mom Egg Review
momeggreview.com/2020/05/09/gail-thomas-prayer-for-a-home-place/
Video of Gail reading "Marriage at 63" from Lavender Review.
www.lavrev.net/2020/12/gail-thomas.html
Broadcast of Gail reading in Nelsonville, Ohio, on WOUB radio:
https://soundcloud.com/woubdigital/a-poetry-reading-by-gail-thomas
Video of Gail reading at Easthampton Book Fest, April 8, 2017
https://vimeo.com/214594465
Video of Gail reading "This World" from Odd Mercy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVqXd9T2x4
Book Reviews
Mom Egg Review, July 2017, Odd Mercy reviewed by Julia Lisella
Valparaiso Poetry Review, spring/summer 2016, Waving Back reviewed by Rebecca Hart Olander
Poets' Quarterly, August 2015, Waving Back reviewed by Steven Riel
Interviews
Art Maker feature, Hampshire Gazette, April 5, 2017
Author Interview on MA Poetry, Aug. 2015
Author Interview on Extract(s), Aug. 2015
Radio Interview with Bill Newman, WHMP Northampton, April 23, 2015
* My segment starts at 31:01 and goes to 52:51
Radio Interview with Neil Silberblatt, March 2015: Poet's Corner, WOMR Provincetown, MA
Radio Interview with Francesca Rheannon of the syndicated The Writers Voice interviews four poets who write poetry about history. The poets are Janet Aalfs, Annie Boutelle, Holly Iglesias, and Gail Thomas. ( Gail's poems from "No Simple Wilderness" can be heard at 2:30.)
www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/past-virtual-programs-archive/
Video of Gail reading "Prayer for a Home Place" from Mom Egg Review
momeggreview.com/2020/05/09/gail-thomas-prayer-for-a-home-place/
Video of Gail reading "Marriage at 63" from Lavender Review.
www.lavrev.net/2020/12/gail-thomas.html
Broadcast of Gail reading in Nelsonville, Ohio, on WOUB radio:
https://soundcloud.com/woubdigital/a-poetry-reading-by-gail-thomas
Video of Gail reading at Easthampton Book Fest, April 8, 2017
https://vimeo.com/214594465
Video of Gail reading "This World" from Odd Mercy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVqXd9T2x4
Book Reviews
Mom Egg Review, July 2017, Odd Mercy reviewed by Julia Lisella
Valparaiso Poetry Review, spring/summer 2016, Waving Back reviewed by Rebecca Hart Olander
Poets' Quarterly, August 2015, Waving Back reviewed by Steven Riel
Interviews
Art Maker feature, Hampshire Gazette, April 5, 2017
Author Interview on MA Poetry, Aug. 2015
Author Interview on Extract(s), Aug. 2015
Radio Interview with Bill Newman, WHMP Northampton, April 23, 2015
* My segment starts at 31:01 and goes to 52:51
Radio Interview with Neil Silberblatt, March 2015: Poet's Corner, WOMR Provincetown, MA
Radio Interview with Francesca Rheannon of the syndicated The Writers Voice interviews four poets who write poetry about history. The poets are Janet Aalfs, Annie Boutelle, Holly Iglesias, and Gail Thomas. ( Gail's poems from "No Simple Wilderness" can be heard at 2:30.)
