Willingly

by Tess Gallagher

First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. A collection of poems which 'weave together the ordinary and the sublime.' 92 pp.

Genres: Poetry

92 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1984

About the author

Tess Gallagher is the author of eight volumes of poetry, including Dear Ghosts, Moon Crossing Bridge, and My Black Horse. She will release her collection of New and Selected Poems entitled Midnight Lantern in October 2011. Gallagher is also the author of Amplitude, Soul Barnacles: Ten More Years with Ray, A Concert of Tenses: Essays on Poetry, and three collections of short fiction: At the Owl Woman Saloon, The Lover of Horses and Other Stories and The Man from Kinvara: Selected Stories. She also spearheaded the publication of Raymond Carvers Beginners in Library of Americas complete collection of his stories released Fall 2009. She spends time in a cottage on Lough Arrow in Co. Sligo in the West of Ireland and also lives and writes in her hometown of Port Angeles, Washington"

Reviews

[Robert Beveridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tess Gallagher, Willingly (Graywolf Press, 1984)

There is likely a good deal to say about Willingly, one of the books Tess Gallagher wrote principally about her husband Raymond Carver, but to be honest, I can't think of any of it. All I can remember about the work in this book is that I liked it a great deal. ****

[Kassy Lee]

I wish poets could still write like this.

[Sophie Glad · Rating 3 out of 5]

these are good poems but i’d be curious to see if she has written anything in a more lyric form

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Especially liked the poems that Gallagher writes about the relationships between fathers and children and that explore issues of class and identity

[Tom Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

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