Name: Live Reading by Dallas Poet Laureate, Dr. Mag Gabbert
Start: 2026-03-21T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-21T13:30:00-05:00
Location: Dallas Contemporary

A live reading by Dallas Poet Laureate, Dr. Mag Gabbert for Dallas Art Book Fair.
About this Event

DABF PROGRAMMING

Reading by Dallas Poet Laureate, Dr. Mag Gabbert

Saturday, 21 March 2026

1:00–1:30 PM

Free admission, 161 Glass St.

Join us at Dallas Contemporary for a special reading by Dallas Poet Laureate Dr. Mag Gabbert, presented as part of Dallas Art Book Fair programming. In this intimate program, Gabbert will share selections from her acclaimed body of work, inviting audiences to experience her poetry live within the museum’s galleries.
Taking place March 21–22, 2026, DABF is free to the public and brings together regional, national, and international artists, presses, publishers, galleries, and bookstores for an immersive celebration of print culture.
Dallas Art Book Fair ‘26 is supported by the Dirk Nowitzki Foundation and is supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture. In collaboration with MCGS, Soft Spots Riso and Zeke's Projects.

ABOUT MAG GABBERT

Mag Gabbert’s debut poetry collection, SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS, won the Charles B. Wheeler Prize and the Writer’s League of Texas Book Award in Poetry. She is also the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and a 92NY Discovery Award. Mag teaches at Southern Methodist University and serves as Poet Laureate of Dallas, Texas.

MUSEUM POLICIES

- No food or drink, please | No se permite comida ni bebida

- Photography permitted, but no flash | Solo fotografía sin flash

- Please refrain from touching the art | No tocar el arte

- This is a weapon-free zone | Zona libre de armas

With this registered admission, I give permission for Dallas Contemporary to use my photograph and other media, such as film and quotations, on Dallas Contemporary promotional material and publications, for which it may be suitable.

Thanks to the support of the Eugene McDermott Foundation, Dallas Contemporary will continue to offer free admission through 2026. Dallas Contemporary is also supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture.