Gabbert attended Rice University where she studied linguistics and cognitive science.
[2] Since March 2020, Gabbert has been The New York Times poetry columnist, succeeding David Orr.
[3] During her career, she was based in Denver, Colorado[3] and now lives in Providence, Rhode Island[citation needed], with her husband, the writer John Cotter.
[11] Gabbert is the author of four poetry collections, including The French Exit (2011)[12][13] and L'Heure Bleue, or the Judy Poems (2016);[14] the latter imagines the perspective of Judy, one of the characters in Wallace Shawn’s play The Designated Mourner.
[18] Gabbert’s book of poetry, Normal Distance, was published by Soft Skull Press in 2022.