Why read Moon Crossing Bridge?

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Gallagher's seventh collection of poetry and the first to follow the powerful Moon Crossing Bridge, in which she eulogises her dead husband Raymond Carver. Dear Ghosts conjures the spirits of the past as a communion for the present day - the deceased beloved, a long-dead father and the victims of…

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1 author picked Moon Crossing Bridge as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jan Richardson

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After Gary’s death, reading became unexpectedly painful. We had both loved books and reading together. The loss of that connection, combined with the brain fog that often accompanies grief, made reading difficult for a good while.

Poetry, though, was different. It wasn’t that it was easier than prose; I was still capable of losing my way mid-sentence. But poetry’s spaciousness—its distilled economy of words surrounded by large and quiet margins—helped the pages feel less overwhelming.

I love this collection by Tess Gallagher, written after the death of her husband, the short story writer and poet Raymond Carver. It is luminous.…

From Jan's list on The best books about grief when you don’t want to read about grief.