Dear Ghosts,: Poems

Gallagher, Tess

ISBN 10: 1555974430 / ISBN 13: 9781555974435

Published by Graywolf Press, 2006

Signed Copy First edition copy. . Like New dust jacket. Inscribed by author on title page. Seller Inventory # S24OS-01251

Synopsis:

The long-awaited and resplendent new poetry collection by Tess Gallagher, whose poems "are a gift of a poet's heart and soul to her readers" (Robert Coles)

Don't sharpen them.
Expectation, more dangerous
than any blade.
—"Knives in the Borrowed House"

Fourteen years after Moon Crossing Bridge—Tess Gallagher's powerful elegies for her husband, Raymond Carver—Dear Ghosts, is the return of Gallagher's unequivocal voice. In these new poems, the ghosts of the past are conjured as part of the 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 love and friendship in these spare lyrics and muscular narratives, each punctuated by her resilience and grace. Here is the new work by one of America's most accomplished poets.

About the Author:

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dear Ghosts,: Poems
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition