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:
- ROSS MATHEWS: GAY PEOPLE 'WANTED ME OFF TV'
- ROSS GAY
- POET ROSS GAY ON HIS NEW BOOK AND FDG JOY SORROW
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
ROSS MATHEWS: GAY PEOPLE 'WANTED ME OFF TV'
In the last two years, seems like everyone has been searchg for joy. Now, poet Ross Gay is explorg qutns around that subject his new book "Incg Joy," a llectn of says released Tuday. * ross gay comedian *
When Ross Mathews started his reer as “Ross the Intern” on “The Tonight Show wh Jay Leno, ” there were only a small number of LGBTQ people on TV and gay men, Ross says, weren’t happy wh him reprentg them. Jefey Masters: I thk Jay Leno would be acced of gay bashg today.
He was potg out the obv, but he also put me on his show for 13 years, so there was a method behd the madns, I Thkg about you on Chelsea Lately and your show, I’m shocked by how recent was bee still felt subversive to see an out gay man on TV, one that’s not tryg to butch I jt never gave a flyg fuck what people thought or thk. I thk that me embracg what I am, which is this pl size, unapologetilly, openly gay person, woke some people How did you navigate beg visibly gay and not rg what people thought wh the fact that ’s not always safe to be perceived to be gay? Where even I, who was followg the North Star of beg gay, said, “Well, I gus I should try this bee that’s what I’m suppose to do.
ROSS GAY
” So, I did and wasn’t my cup of tea, but I tried When I’m out and I hear someone who sounds gay, I thk, “Oh, I’m safe here. When I first started on The Tonight Show, I got a lot of hate mail and the majory of the hate mail was om gay people, sayg, “You’re settg the movement back.
I’m embarrassed to be gay bee you’re reprentg . They wanted me not to reprent them, gay people.
POET ROSS GAY ON HIS NEW BOOK AND FDG JOY SORROW
To which Ross Gay rponds word and ed, how n we not be joyful, pecially a moment like this? We practice tenrns and mercy part bee to unrstand that we are all sufferg is one qualy of what Ross Gay lls “adult joy.”.
Ross Gay: It is joy by which the labor that will make the life that I want, possible.
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
Ross Gay is a profsor of English at Indiana Universy Bloomgton and a wrer of poetry as well as says.
Gay: It’s sort of amazg to me. Gay: [lghs] Yeah, totally. Gay: Right, yeah.
Gay: That’s a really good qutn. Gay: But ’s amazg, right? Gay: Wouldn’t turn to a monster.