The Book of Delights — ROSS GAY

Contents:

• LGTB+ COMMUNY STUTTGART / GAY EVENTS / BIERZELT
• GAYS DELIGHT COLS SCUTELLARIS
• HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
• ROSS GAY
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• REBROADCAST: POET ROSS GAY FOC ON EVERYDAY LIGHTS
• GAY VS DELIGHT - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY | LIGHT |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND LIGHTIS THAT GAY IS NAPE WHILE LIGHT IS JOY; PLEASURE.AS VERBS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND LIGHTIS THAT GAY IS TO CROW WHILE LIGHT IS TO GIVE LIGHT TO; TO AFFECT WH GREAT PLEASURE; TO PLEASE HIGHLY.OTHER COMPARISONS: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY VS DELIGHTFULDELIGHTED VS GAYGAYT VS DELIGHTFULDELIGHT VS GAYETYGAYENGLISHPROPER NOUN(EN PROPER NOUN), ORIGALLY A NICKNAME FOR A CHEERFUL OR LIVELY OM THE WORD GAY, "JOYFUL"; RARE TODAY.. ALSO A SHORTENED FORM OF GABRIEL, GAYLORD AND SIAR NAM, OR TRANSFERRED OM THE SURNAME.* 1992 , UNTO THE SONS , BALLANTE BOOKS 1993, ISBN 0804110336, PAGE 15- - - MY FATHER'S FATHER, GAETANO TALE ( WHOSE NAME I HERED AFTER MY BIRTH 1932, THE ANGLICIZED OM OF "GAY "), WAS AN ATYPILLY FEARLS TRAVELER,* 2004 , BAD DIRT , FOURTH ESTATE, ISBN 0007196911, PAGE 32"MR GAY BRAWLS. WHAT A NAME.""IT DIDN'T E TO MEAN WHAT MEANS NOW. PLENTY WERE NAMED GAY'. EVEN NEVADA. WAS OLD ' GAY PCH HAD A GAS STATN WNEMUC. NOBODY THOUGHT NOTH ABOUT AND HE RAISED A RAILROAD R OF KIDS.- - -ANAGRAMS*LIGHT

LGTB+ COMMUNY STUTTGART / GAY EVENTS / BIERZELT

Nicht nur die gays and iends sd bei uns willkommen, die Gaylight ist für die gamte LGBT+ Communy da……L-Word und die Nachtschwtern haben sich vereigt, nn nur gemesam sd wir stark.

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.

GAYS DELIGHT COLS SCUTELLARIS

He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space.

So many thgs light Ross Gay: handma fy srv and loerg, the joy of rryg a heavy bag between two people, paw paws and even weeds.

ROSS GAY

This summer, I reread yet aga and found myself medatg on a sire Gay had voiced: wantg to be softer a world so ready to sharpen and to make hard. So, a recent terview, I talked to Gay about that sire, as well as the role of joy daily life, the difficulty of allowg yourself to be moved, and why he thks 's important to e the word "love. 95) / Number of pag 288 / Publitn date Febary 12, 2019 / ISBN 9781616207922Purchase: Algonqu / IndieBound / Bookshop / Powell'sFrom the Publisher: The New York Tim btsellg book of says celebratg ordary lights the world around by one of Ameri's most origal and observant wrers, award-wng poet Ross Gay.

The first nonfictn book om award-wng poet Ross Gay is a rerd of the small joys we often overlook our by liv.

'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY

Among Gay’s funny, poetic, philosophil lights: a iend’s unabashed e of air quot, cradlg a tomato seedlg aboard an airplane, the silent nod of acknowledgment between the only two black people a room. But Gay never dismiss the plexi, even the terrors, of livg Ameri as a black man or the elogil and psychic vlence of our nsumer culture or the loss of those he lov. More than anythg else, though, Gay celebrat the bety of the natural world–his garn, the flowers peekg out of the siwalk, the hypnotic movements of a prayg mantis.

The remarkable piec serve as a powerful and necsary remr that we n, and should, stake out a space our liv for & Reviews“Ross Gay’s eye lands upon wonr at every turn, bolsterg my belief the untls small miracl that surround .

Gay, an award-wng poet, knows the value of formal nstrat: his experienc of ‘light, ’ rerd daily for a year, vary wily but yield revealg patterns through sights about everythg om nature and the body to race and masculy.

GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN

’” —The New Yorker“Ross Gay’s poems are ltle celebratns of joy, and this book of mi-says—each centerg around a particular 'light, ’ om sleepg your cloth to plantg tomato seedlgs to the nod of greetg between the only two black people a room—is a pure balm for your soul.

” —Celte Ng for “You’ll fd that the lights of Gay’s world illumate the lights of yours, that his wonr is ntag and has ed you to epen your own.

” —Today“Ross Gay is able to e as ltle language as possible to populate a world where his memori are your memori, tertwed, reachg out of the pag. This is an entire book of such glimmers, which Ross Gay notic ty moments life and nature, so that we too may light them.

REBROADCAST: POET ROSS GAY FOC ON EVERYDAY LIGHTS

In a climate of ser thoughts about ser subjects, Ross Gay tly do light, brgg more poetry than ual to an say llectn that challeng the nventns of the form.

Some of Gay’s says are a mere paragraph, others are longer, but they are all about aspects of life worth celebratg. And let’s ask Ross Gay along — he’s an expert... " — The Philalphia Inquirer"Gay’s zt for life bursts forth on almost every page.

" —Bookreporter"It’s hard not to reach for relig language when scribg Gay’s work. It’s filled to the brim wh spir and the temporal allegiance wh dails that abis at the root of mortaly and spirual practice alike…In Gay’s ecumenil view, light is found the poignant and the lovg, the light and the shadows, and the tentnal procs of tung to all the plac — expected and unexpected — where may ri.

GAY VS DELIGHT - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY | LIGHT |AS NOUNS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND LIGHTIS THAT GAY IS NAPE WHILE LIGHT IS JOY; PLEASURE.AS VERBS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAY AND LIGHTIS THAT GAY IS TO CROW WHILE LIGHT IS TO GIVE LIGHT TO; TO AFFECT WH GREAT PLEASURE; TO PLEASE HIGHLY.OTHER COMPARISONS: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?GAY VS DELIGHTFULDELIGHTED VS GAYGAYT VS DELIGHTFULDELIGHT VS GAYETYGAYENGLISHPROPER NOUN(EN PROPER NOUN), ORIGALLY A NICKNAME FOR A CHEERFUL OR LIVELY OM THE WORD GAY, "JOYFUL"; RARE TODAY.. ALSO A SHORTENED FORM OF GABRIEL, GAYLORD AND SIAR NAM, OR TRANSFERRED OM THE SURNAME.* 1992 , UNTO THE SONS , BALLANTE BOOKS 1993, ISBN 0804110336, PAGE 15- - - MY FATHER'S FATHER, GAETANO TALE ( WHOSE NAME I HERED AFTER MY BIRTH 1932, THE ANGLICIZED OM OF "GAY "), WAS AN ATYPILLY FEARLS TRAVELER,* 2004 , BAD DIRT , FOURTH ESTATE, ISBN 0007196911, PAGE 32"MR GAY BRAWLS. WHAT A NAME.""IT DIDN'T E TO MEAN WHAT MEANS NOW. PLENTY WERE NAMED GAY'. EVEN NEVADA. WAS OLD ' GAY PCH HAD A GAS STATN WNEMUC. NOBODY THOUGHT NOTH ABOUT AND HE RAISED A RAILROAD R OF KIDS.- - -ANAGRAMS*LIGHT

His lights are wi-rangg and unrtraed, the greater of them often terpted by smaller on a cha of digrsns…Throughout the llectn, Gay’s voice is imable, his says as particular as a fgerprt…Stamped wh their own rhythm and equency, each say is equally thoughtful, gent, and tertg…Gay’s says sparkle wh charm, w, and lgh-out-loud funny bs jostlg cheek and jowl agast chatologil exploratns and philosophil ncerns. No matter the emotnal timbre, Gay’s thoughts unfurl wh a lh bety, light the terroir of the wrg and readg alike.

" — Orn"Everyone uld e a b more light their days (particularly durg the doldms of wter) and Gay, who is the wner of the NBCC Award for Poetry, is here to provi jt that, wh says celebratg everythg om air quot to ndy wrappers to pickup basketball gam. " — New York Post"Gay’s journey ambl back and forth time. " — BookPage"The Book of Delights rtor pleasure as a se of ser thought and, even more, as a mo quiry self, while Gay’s wholome (but never sacchare) voice nvc that a mo of quiry, a way of thkg, too, n be a pleasure self.

" — Kirk Review"(Gay) is a remarkable exposor of the posive, and his wrgs serve as remrs 'of somethg eply good . " —Foreword Reviews, starred review“Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights remds of the wisdom of old songs: What a difference a day mak. —Tayari Jon, btsellg thor of An Amerin Marriage“What I love most about the lights is how Ross Gay is able to e as ltle language as possible to populate a world where his memori are your memori, tertwed, reachg out of the pag.