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"Gallagher's poems are rooted in a relentlessly willed attempt to come to terms with, to find words for, the fullness of life."—Young Adult Paperback Book Guide "The great joy in reading Tess Gallagher's poetry in Amplitude comes from discovering that she can and will do anything…
In Dear Ghosts—Tess Gallagher's seventh collection, now in paperback—the ghosts of the past are conjured and communed with as part of the poet's present day: the deceased beloved, the father long dead, the ailing mother, the victims of holocaust and war. With these spirits beside her,…
We brave into ourselves each time we put on our lantern-light and step out—as a gleam steps out its overlapping forms to lift a path from its nest of darkness. —from "Midnight Lantern" In Midnight Lantern: New and Selected Poems, Tess Gallagher collects her…
Is, Is Not upends our notions of linear time, evokes the spirit and sanctity of place, and journeys toward discovering the full capacity of language. Gallagher’s poems reverberate with the inward clarity of a bell struck on a mountaintop and hover daringly at the threshold of what language…
"Tess Gallagher's is perhaps the most deeply moving and spiritual and intensely intelligent poetry being written in America today. In Moon Crossing Bridge, during a period of devastating loss, as she learns 'to sleep again on earth,' she is at the peak of her considerable powers. This is a…
"Irony, honesty, sympathy and clean straight-to-the-heart prose is what informs the stories in this collection. . . . If you're looking for a fine book of stories, The Lover of Horses will not disappoint you."—Denise Gess, Philadelphia Inquirer "[Tess Gallagher is] an excellent…
Tess Gallagher’s vivid and rewarding short stories bear witness to the intimate details and subtle revelations of daily life. Set mostly in Gallagher’s native Pacific Northwest and drawn from her two widely acclaimed collections, The Lover of Horses and At the Owl Woman Saloon, these…