Tess Gallagher (b. 1943) is a poet, essayist, novelist, and playwright. Born in Port Angeles, Washington, she attended the University of Washington, where she studied creative writing with Theodore Roethke and later Nelson Bentley. Her honors include a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, two National Endowment for the Arts Awards, the Maxine Cushing Gray Foundation Award, and the Elliston Award for "best book of poetry published by a small press" for the collection Instructions to the Double (1976). Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Port Angeles is a city in Clallam County, Washington, United States. ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. ... Theodore Huebner Roethke (; RET-key) (May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963) was a United States poet, who published several volumes of poetry characterized by its rhythm and natural imagery. ... American Poet Nelson Bentley at Woerners Pastry Shop near the University of Washington, circa 1962 Nelson Bentley (1918-1990) was an American poet and professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, whose works have left an impression on the Seattle literary scene. ... The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation funds the Guggenheim Museums. ... The National Endowment for the Arts is a United States federally funded program that offers support and funding for projects that exhibit artistic excellence. ...

In 1984, she published the collection, Willingly, which consists of poems written to and about her third husband, author Raymond Carver, who died in 1988. Carver encouraged her to write short stories, some of which were collected in The Lover of Horses (1987). Raymond Carver Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. ...

Her book, Moon Crossing Bridge, is a collection of poems written after the death of Ray Carver. Her newest collection, Dear Ghosts, is her follow-up collection, written 15 years later.

Gallagher has taught at many colleges.

External Links

• 1986, 1990 Real Audio interviews with Tess Gallagher by Don Swaim
• "Under Stars" a poem by Tess Gallagher