{"product_id":"gallagher-tess-dear-ghost","title":"Gallagher, Tess: Dear Ghosts","description":"\u003cp\u003eGraywolf Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: \u003cspan\u003eMarch 04, 2008\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTime\u003cbr\u003eto put our arms around each other's waists--my man,\u003cbr\u003emy woman, my unapproachable dream.\u003cbr\u003e--from \"Dear Ghosts,\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Dear Ghosts, --Tess Gallagher's seventh collection, now in paperback--\u003cbr\u003ethe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817229824023,"sku":"9781555974930","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/view_archive_6714c573-c38c-419f-83ce-f530995d71c3.jpg?v=1703282433","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/gallagher-tess-dear-ghost","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}