In this 1986 interview with Don Swaim, the poet Tess Gallagher talks about growing up as the child of a logger in the Pacific Northwest. She recalls the stillness of the forest, and the larger-than-life images of the trees. Remembering the past forms the basis for many of her poems. She reads her poem, "Sudden Journey," and talks about the influence of her husband, Raymond Carver, on her writing. "It's all right to be a little lost when reading poems," says Tess Gallagher, "It's not necessary to understand everything. It's important not to lose a sense of the unknown. Poems don't always give themselves all at once."