She was the 2005-2006 president of PEN USA and serves on the board of the School of Arts and Humanities of Claremont Graduate University and Poetry Society of America.
[5] Gale's work began with Blue Air, a book of poetry published by Garden Street Press, San Luis Obispo.
[6] Paradises Lost, co-written with Ursula K. Le Guin with composer Stephen Taylor, was showcased at the New York City Opera VOX in 2006.
2016 saw the appearance of The Palm Trees Are Restless: Five Poems of Kate Gale, a song cycle by composer Mark Abel released on the Delos label.
Kate Gale's The Loneliest Girl and The Goldilocks Zone were published by the University of New Mexico Press.