After 14 years, Tess Gallagher returns with a powerful new book of poetry addressed to her ghosts. Dear Ghosts, is a collection of strong, direct pieces in which Gallagher addresses loss, rebirth, politics. religion, survival and her own fight with cancer.

“It is impossible to read Tess Gallagher’s poems without being drawn into their mesmerizing rhythms and convinced of the rightness of her intense yet unforced images,” says Joyce Carol Oates of Gallagher”s new book, published this month by Graywolf Press.

Gallagher will read from Dear Ghosts, tonight at Black Oak Bookstore in Berkley, CA as part of a multi-city tour.