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."
Contents:
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
- ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
- ROSS GAY
- DELIGHTG ROSS GAY, ONE ESSAY AT A TIME
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
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Today, we're stg down wh the wrer Ross Gay.
ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
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 book of delights review *
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.
Ross Gay spent a year wrg daily says about thgs that light him.
ROSS GAY
The Book of Delights: Ross Gay is known for his poetry, but "The Book of Delights" prov that he’s also an apt sayist. In posg the book, Gay operated unr a simple prciple: keep a diary of entri over the urse of one year, wh each entry ncerng... * ross gay book of delights review *
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks wh Gay about some of the says clud his new book, The Book of Delights. The wrer Ross Gay spent a year dog that.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)ROSS GAY: Well, one of the thgs that I realized is that - the begng, I thought, oh, man. GAY: Absolutely.
DELIGHTG ROSS GAY, ONE ESSAY AT A TIME
by Vivian Wagner One ol, April day, seven years almost to the day after my father’s suici, I sat outsi a ffee shop readg Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights. As cherry blossom petals fell around me and onto the pag of the book, I me across this passage one of s says, “‘Joy… * ross gay book of delights review *
GAY: Totally.
GAY: Yeah, totally. GAY: Yeah.
GAY: Often. GAY: I thk I sort of felt like this is somethg that I'll be dog one way or another for the rt of my life. GAY: Well, not ntug - necsarily ntug to wre the says.