Tess Gallagher
The poet, novelist, essayist and playwright Tess Gallagher was born in 1943 in Port Angeles, Washington. Her honours include a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, two National Endowment for the Arts Awards, the Maxine Cushing Gray Foundation Award and the Elliston Award. She was married to the short story writer Raymond Carver until his death in 1988. Her most recent collection of poems, Dear Ghosts, was published in 2006.
The following recordings were made at a reading at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry on 22 March 2007:
Introduction by Tess Gallagher
Introduction by Medbh McGuckian
© Tess Gallagher and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry 2007
