Dear Ghosts, Poems

by Gallagher, Tess

• ISBN13: 9781555974930
• ISBN10: 1555974937
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-04
• Publisher: Graywolf Press

Summary

"It is impossible to read Tess Gallagher's poems without being drawn into their mesmerizing rhythms and convinced of the rightness of her intense yet unforced images." --Joyce Carol Oates Time to put our arms around each other's waistsÂ--my man, my woman, my unapproachable dream. Â--from Â"Dear Ghosts,Â" InDear Ghosts,Â--Tess Gallagher's seventh collection, now in paperbackÂ-- 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, Gallagher confronts her own illness and mortality and celebrates new love and friendship in these spare lyrics and sprawling narratives, each punctuated by her feisty resilience and signature grace.

Author Biography

Tess Gallagher is a poet, fiction writer, essayist, screenwriter, and translator.
Her previous poetry collections include Moon Crossing Bridge and Amplitude: New and Selected Poems. She lives in Port Angeles, Washington.

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“Here is . . . Tess Gallagher's rich, striking, new collection Dear Ghosts,. The comma in her title emphasizes how elegiac the book is, addressed to ghosts of various kinds and degrees of intimacy.” —ROBERT PINSKY, The Washington Post

“So compelling are Gallagher's graceful poems, they leave the reader feeling ‘rearranged from the cells out.'” —Booklist (starred review)