Book Launch

Please join me for the Halifax launch of A Grief Cave, my first collection of poetry. I’m thrilled to be reading with dear friend and stellar poet Sam Sternberg, whose most recent chapbook is Listening Year (Gaspereau Press 2022). I can promise a tender evening, and a chance to celebrate together. I would love to see you there!

About the book:
A Grief Cave is a heartbreaking and life-affirming debut collection. In it, Ben Gallagher searches for the “secret face in the dark” of his partner who died suddenly nine years ago. The book—arcing out of darkness toward a new relationship and children, shades of light—remains excruciatingly open despite immense pain. “After a death … // the exact volume of a cathedral / a lit candle / curve in the road at night …” Gallagher’s A Grief Cave keeps a steady focus on the world as it evolves around him, pursuing the “trace of desire’s echo” through the passage of time. The result is immersive and cathartic.

Author bio:
Ben Gallagher lives in West Dublin, Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) with his wife and two children. He is a Zen practitioner with the Oak Tree in the Garden sangha.

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