Like the versatile denizen of Hummingbird Mountain in her story "Venison Pie," Tess Gallagher is a contemporary hybrid. Deeply rooted in her native Washington State, Gallagher draws on the literature...
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The publication of Tess Gallagher's early poems coincided with a ground swell of feminist awareness and the birth of a new feminist literature in the United States. In addition to chronicling the emer...
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Although Tess Gallagher has established her reputation primarily as a poet, she has also won increasing recognition as a writer of fiction with the publication of two short-story collections, The Love...
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The woman is seen taking on her chores where she regretfully leaves her poem behind and dutifully folds her husband's giant shirt bringing the arms together. One can visualize a big man in love embrac...
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Tess Gallagher
I Stop Writing the Poem
