Gallagher, Tess

Tess Gallagher is a renowned poet, short-story writer, and essayist. Her short stories have appeared in "Story, Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, Glimmer Train, " and the "Northwest Review, " among others. She was the recipient of a Lyndhurst Prize, and in 1998 received a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Whitman College, where she held the Edward F. Arnold Chair. She has taught more recently at the Stadler Poetry Center at Bucknell University. Her book of essays, "Soul Barnacles: Ten More Years with Ray, " will be published in the fall of 1999.