Tess Gallagher
Tess Gallagher
Reading Date: Wednesday, January 19, 1977
- Introduction
- "When You Speak to Me"
- "Love Poem to Be Read to an Illiterate Friend"
- "Still Moment at Dun Laoghaire"
- "Coming Home"
- "3 A.M. Kitchen: My Father Talking"
- "At the Shenook Tavern"
- "The Likeness"
- "Instructions to the Double"
- "Start Again, Somewhere"
- "Under Stars"
- "Green Prose"
- "Woman-Enough"
- "Rather Life"
- "The Sky Behind It"
- "The Ritual of Memories"
- "Poem to My Creditors"
- "The Bomb Disposal"
- "Words Written Near a Candle"
Introduction-81
by Lois Shelton
"When You Speak to Me"-82
Gallagher, Tess. Instructions to the Double. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1976.
"Love Poem to Be Read to an Illiterate Friend"-83
Gallagher, Tess. Under Stars. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1978.
"Still Moment at Dun Laoghaire"-84
Gallagher, Tess. Under Stars. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1978.
"Coming Home"-85
Gallagher, Tess. Instructions to the Double. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1976.
"3 A.M. Kitchen: My Father Talking"-86
Gallagher, Tess. Willingly. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1984.
"At the Shenook Tavern"-87
"The Likeness"-88
Gallagher, Tess. Instructions to the Double. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1976.
"Instructions to the Double"-89
Gallagher, Tess. Instructions to the Double. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1976.
"Start Again, Somewhere"-90
Gallagher, Tess. Under Stars. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1978.
"Under Stars"-91
Gallagher, Tess. Under Stars. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1978.
"Green Prose"-92
by Thomas Lux
"Woman-Enough"-93
Gallagher, Tess. Under Stars. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1978.
"Rather Life"-94
translation of Andre Breton
"The Sky Behind It"-95
Gallagher, Tess. Under Stars. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1978.
"The Ritual of Memories"-96
Gallagher, Tess. Under Stars. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1978.
"Poem to My Creditors"-97
by Thomas Lux, after Alan Dugan
"The Bomb Disposal"-98
by Ciaran Carson
"Words Written Near a Candle"-99
Gallagher, Tess. Under Stars. Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1978.
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
In this, Tess Gallagher's first reading for the Poetry Center, she performs poetry from three of her books and reads the work of Thomas Lux, Andre Breton, and Ciaran Carson.

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