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Gallagher, Tess was born on July 21, 1943 in Port Angeles, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Leslie Orfus Bond and Georgia Marie Morris.
('There are as many nuances and inflections for kisses as ...)
'There are as many nuances and inflections for kisses as there are lips to kiss', says American poet Tess Gallagher. This text is a collection of playful, serious and sassy poems about kisses.
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(Tess Gallagher is one of our leading poets. This collecti...)
Tess Gallagher is one of our leading poets. This collection (previously published by Graywolf) is now available in the British edition. The selection draws on five collections, including Moon Crossing Bridge, the poems of remembrance, mourning, and recovery which she wrote after the death of her husband, Raymond Carver.
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(Distant Rain records a conversation between the eloquent ...)
Distant Rain records a conversation between the eloquent American poet Tess Gallagher and the renowned Japanese novelist and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi that took place in 1990 at Jakuan, Setouchi's home temple, in Sagano, Japan. Gallagher had recently experienced the death of her husband, Raymond Carver, an internationally renowned short story writer. In a frank and at times humorous exchange, the two women trade observations about love and loss, and about the role of writing in coping with grief. Their words, reproduced in both English and Japanese, unfold accordion-style across the rich colors and striking imagery of artist Keiko Hara's wood-block and stencil prints. Complemented by the exquisite lettering of typographer Maki Yamashita and under the guidance of master bookbinder Atsuo Ikuta, Distant Rain is not only a moving tribute to the sustaining power of love but also a stunning example of the art of book design.
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"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 waists--my man, my woman, my unapproachable dream. --from "Dear Ghosts," 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, 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.
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(The poems of 'WILLINGLY', show both strength of character...)
The poems of 'WILLINGLY', show both strength of character and a hurting vulnerability; these are poems of courage and passion. The poet is wholly engaged in evoking the ordinary and sublime, and in showing us how they weave together. Human relationships, including that of father and daughter, are delineated with astounding precision and emotional resonance.
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(Sixteen stories filled with characters who run the gamut ...)
Sixteen stories filled with characters who run the gamut from slow sizzle to high sass are brought to life in an anthology of short fiction that captures them struggling to cope with love and loss, pain and healing. 15,000 first printing."
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(A few small tears and minor wear to the dustjacket's edge...)
A few small tears and minor wear to the dustjacket's edges and corners, otherwise this book is clean and bright, with no creases, no tears, and no markings.
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Gallagher, Tess was born on July 21, 1943 in Port Angeles, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Leslie Orfus Bond and Georgia Marie Morris.
Bachelor, University Washington, 1967. Master of Arts, University Washington, 1971. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and Poetry, University Iowa, 1974.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Whitman College, 2000. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hartford University, 2004.
Her honors include a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, two National Endowment for the Arts awards, the The Maxine Cushing Gray Endowed Libraries Visiting Writers Fellowship (University of Washington), and the Elliston Award for "best book of poetry published by a small press" for the collection Instructions to the Double (1976). Her late husband, Raymond Carver, encouraged her to write short stories, some of which were collected in The Lover of Horses (1987) and At the Owl Woman Saloon (1996). Her book Moon Crossing Bridge is a collection of love poems written for Carver after his death from cancer in 1988.
"Moon Crossing Bridge" was followed in 2002 by the collection "Dear Ghosts."
Gallagher has taught at many colleges, most recently at Bucknell University and Whitman College.
In December 2006, she published an essay in The Sun Magazine, titled "Instead of Dying", about alcoholism and Raymond Carver"s having maintained his sobriety. The essay is an adaptation of a talk she initially delivered at the Welsh Academy"s Academi Intoxication Conference in 2006.
The first lines read: "Instead of dying from alcohol, Raymond Carver chose to live. I would meet him five months after this choice, so I never knew the Ray who drank, except by report and through the characters and actions of his stories and poems.".
(Distant Rain records a conversation between the eloquent ...)
(Sixteen stories filled with characters who run the gamut ...)
( "It is impossible to read Tess Gallagher's poems withou...)
(A few small tears and minor wear to the dustjacket's edge...)
(The poems of 'WILLINGLY', show both strength of character...)
('There are as many nuances and inflections for kisses as ...)
(Winner of the Elliston Award for "best book of poetry pub...)
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Honorary trustee Theodore Roethke Memorial Foundation. Member national advisory board Los Angeles Poetry Festival. Board advisors Sarabande Books, Bellingham Review, IF Magazine, Christopher Isherwood Foundation.
Married Raymond Carver, June 17, 1988 (deceased August 2, 1988).