"Tess Gallagher is nothing if not proof that poetry can transform a life. Her alcoholic father beat her; her brother died in a car accident at the age of 15; her second husband was an alcoholic; and her third, Carver, died young of lung cancer. Yet I don't think I've ever spoken to another interviewee who has laughed so much or been so open." Glasgow Herald 09/16/07 .
