This betiful poem floated across my Facebook feed today. I don't know Ross Gay's work, but I'm gog to start lookg up. A SMALL NEEDFUL FACT Is that Eric Garner worked for some time for the Parks and Rec. Horticultural Department, which means, perhaps, that wh his very large hands, perhaps, all likelihood,…
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- POET ROSS GAY EXPLOR A JOY RMED BY EP SORROW
- TAKE A BREAK AND READ A FUCKG POEM: "A SMALL NEEDFUL FACT" BY ROSS GAY
- A POEM FOR ERIC GARNER, BY ROSS GAY
POET ROSS GAY EXPLOR A JOY RMED BY EP SORROW
Eric Garner's last words, "I n't breathe," are the backdrop for "A Small Needful Fact," a poem by Indiana Universy profsor and poet Ross Gay. * ross gay eric garner *
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TAKE A BREAK AND READ A FUCKG POEM: "A SMALL NEEDFUL FACT" BY ROSS GAY
‘A Small Needful Fact’ by Ross Gay is a short movg poem that suggts that there is still hope to be found after someone’s ath. * ross gay eric garner *
Copyright © 2015 by Ross Gay. Listen to Ross Gay read “A Small Needful Fact. The words and the protts that followed Garner’s ath are the backdrop for “A Small Needful Fact, ” a poem by Indiana Universy profsor and poet Ross Gay.
A POEM FOR ERIC GARNER, BY ROSS GAY
To spread the love ahead of Inpennt Bookstore Day this Saturday, booksellers at Seattle's di are readg selectns om Ross Gay's The Book of Delights, a llectn of short says talogg a year of small, medium-sized, and large lights the wrer's life. You n fd the readgs @SEABookstoreDay on Facebook, Twter, and Instagram. On Saturday, April 25, at 4pm PDT, you n watch a livtream nversatn between Gay himself and Robert Slar of Third... * ross gay eric garner *
Gay, whose book “Catalog of Unabashed Gratu” was published by the Universy of Ptsburgh Prs this year, said the poem was based on a fact about Garner that he read an obuary. Much of the prs surroundg Garner has foced on the vlence of his ath, while the poem puts a need spotlight on his life, Gay said. Ross Gay is a poet, profsor at Indiana Universy and thor of the llectn “Catalog of Unabashed Gratu.