Quote of the day
Maybe you are the cool generation … If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.
Tess Gallagher

Born: July 21, 1943 (age 82)
Bio: Tess Gallagher is an American poet, essayist, and short story writer. She attended the University of Washington, where she studied creative writing with Theodore Roethke and later Nelson Bentley as well as David Wagoner and Mark Strand.
Known for:
- Dear Ghosts, (2006)
- Moon crossing bridge (1992)
- Midnight Lantern: New & Selected Poems (2011)
- At the Owl Woman Saloon (1997)
- The Lover of Horses (1986)