On April 8, Lerary Arts will host Ross Gay, partnership wh the Multnomah County Library and The Library Foundatn, as the culmatg event MCL's 2021 Everybody Reads program. Get to know Gay a ltle better before the event!
Contents:
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
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- MSU HOSTS ACCLAIMED THOR ROSS GAY FOR ANNUAL WRER--RINCE PROGRAM
- ROSS GAY ON CG JOY WHILE DG WH SORROW
- ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
- GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY READS AUTHOR ROSS GAY
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
On the Co Swch podst, Ross Gay reflects on his 2019 llectn The Book of Delights, the difficulty of allowg yourself to be moved, and why he thks 's important to e the word "love." * ross gay author instagram *
Today, we're stg down wh the wrer Ross Gay. 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. 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. 00) / Number of pag 256 / Publitn date October 25, 2022 / ISBN 9781643753041Boston Globe’s Bt Books of 2022Shelf Awarens's Bt Adult Books of ’s Favore Books of 2022One of the San Francis Chronicle’s Favore Books of 2022Bt dbooks of 2022, BookPageOrr: Bookshop / IndieBoundFrom the publisher: In the geoly wrten and timely piec, prize-wng poet and thor Ross Gay nsirs the joy we ce when we re for each other, pecially durg life’s evable hardships. Ross Gay will break your heart.
In that sneaky way Ross Gay has of lovgly disarmg you before gettg you to dwell rooms of your heart you’d left vant, Incg Joy s tular emotn as a wdow to sorrow and rage, to gifts and loss, to the tricky bs of beg alive. Ewg, thor of Ghosts The Schoolyard, Electric Arch, and Marvel Comic’s Ironheart seri“In says that are lyril, pensive, and surprisg, poet Gay sheds light on all the plac joy n lurk […] Gay’s a remarkable wrer, and the llectn mak for a spellbdg medatn on the ways joy epens and grows the pany of grief, fear, and loss. ”— Publishers Weekly, bt book of 2022: nonfictn"Ross Gay is as sightful and lyril as an sayist as he is as a poet.
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Mississippi State Universy is hostg award-wng thor Ross Gay for an upg virtual wrer--rince program, an annual mp event of the College of Arts and Scienc. * ross gay author instagram *
”— Chris Hedg, Pulzer Prize-wner and thor of War is Force that Giv Us Meang and Ameri: The Farewell Tour"Wrten over the urse of the panmic, Gay ponrs joy, fg ls as the absence of sorrow and rather as our rponse to . "— USA Today“A gift that’s meant to be shared […] spir to look beyond the miseri of our era to envisn a more welg future, Gay…offer[s] a ncept of joy ak to what Audre Lor nceptualized her say ‘Us of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power.
”—Tricycle: The Buddhist Review // Review“What Gay livers is no small gift.
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Ross Gay was born Youngstown, Oh. He earned a BA om Lafayette College, an MFA Poetry om Sarah Lawrence College, and a PhD English om… * ross gay author instagram *
”—Washgton Inpennt Review of Books“Ross Gay follows The Book of Delights wh another dazzlg llectn of lyric says.
MSU HOSTS ACCLAIMED THOR ROSS GAY FOR ANNUAL WRER--RINCE PROGRAM
Lookg for joy? Then might be worth explorg your sorrow, plitns and ms. In his latt llectn of says, Incg Joy, poet Ross Gay rensirs the breadth of joy, argug that n be found – and even strengthened – life's harst moments, when we mt rely on one another. This week, host Brtany Le ss down wh Gay to discs the plexy of joy, the bety of grace and creatg meang life. You n follow on Twter @ItsBeenAM or email at * ross gay author instagram *
Gay exus a generosy of spir. ”— The Rump, November book club selectn“Stunng…Gay’s cursy is prent on every page and his precise yet playful prose sparkl…This ronant, vivid medatn shouldn’t be missed. ”— Publishers Weekly, starred review“Ross Gay's work throws off so much light, I've often wonred if was powered by a superr energy source.
ROSS GAY ON CG JOY WHILE DG WH SORROW
Ross Gay spent a year wrg daily says about thgs that light him. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks wh Gay about some of the says clud his new book, The Book of Delights. * ross gay author instagram *
”— John Freeman, founr of Freeman’s lerary magaze and edor of The Pengu Book of the Morn Amerin Short Story“In this masterful, raw, and stirrg llectn of says, Ross Gay has once aga axed his rears to awaken to our full humany. Ross Gay helps to unrstand that our joy and pa are fundamentally tangled up wh each other, and when we n ve sorrow close to share a proverbial cup of tea, that is when our ept joy is ced. ”— BookPage"Gay's poetilly fluenced prose is nothg short of joyful.
Gay's pedagogy, explaed tail, dispts the systems that are basele ngent wh joy, as do his wrg, every sentence. ”— Poets & Wrers, ver feature“In a seri of says on such disparate them as skateboardg, grief, pickup basketball, ver songs, orchards, ath, and school, Gay expounds on his this, betifully stated the book’s troductn: joy, emergg om our shared human experience of sorrow, n provoke new solidari, leadg to love, to survival, to change that looks like shared flourishg.
ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
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”— Ploughshar"Gay is a treasure, and his latt offerg will light his fans as well as those new to his work. "— Kirk Reviews“Ross Gay has a sgle-md foc: makg the world a better place. ”— BookPage, Most Anticipated Books of the Fall“Ross Gay has bee a sort of pied piper for joy.
He studi his own life, and betifully wr both of s plexy—how one mt wele sorrow to tly feel joy’s expansive width—and of s simplicy…”— BOMB Magaze“Gay profoundly monstrat that not only uld he wre about joy, perhaps we all should be thkg about , pursug , creatg , cg our liv. —Mississippi State Universy is hostg award-wng thor Ross Gay for an upg virtual wrer--rince program, an annual mp event of the College of Arts and Scienc.
GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY READS AUTHOR ROSS GAY
Gay is thor of the New York Tim bt-sellg llectn of says “The Book of Delights” (Algonqu Books, 2019), as well as several llectns of poetry, cludg “Catalog of Unabashed Gratu” (2015), wner of the 2015 Natnal Book Crics Circle Award and the 2016 Kgsley Tufts Poetry Award. Gay will read selectns om his poetry and answer qutns durg the March 1, 7:30 p.
“Durg his time rince, Ross Gay will be givg a public readg, vis wh a class, meet wh stunts, and lead a muny-based wrg event, ” said Pierce. “Ross Gay is a brilliant poet and sayist, and one of the most dynamic and excg wrers out there, ” she ntued. In addn to the public readg, Gay will jo Pierce on March 3 at 7:30 p.
In addn to “Catalog of Unabashed Gratu, ” Gay is the thor of three other books of poetry: “Agast Which, ” a 2006 CavanKerry Prs publitn; and Universy of Ptsburgh Prs publitns “Brgg the Shovel Down” (2011) and “Be Holdg” (2020). Gay -thored wh Aimee Nezhumatathil the chapbook “Lace and Pyre: Letters om Two Garns. Ross Gay was born Youngstown, Oh.