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 GAY
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
- ROSS GAY’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
- ROSS GAY
- ROSS GAY: INTERVIEW—BE HOLDG, GRATU, DELIGHTS
ROSS GAY
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HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
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~Ross Gay is the thor of four books of poetry: Agast Which; Brgg the Shovel Down; Be Holdg, wner of the PEN Amerin Lerary Jean Ste Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratu, wner of the 2015 Natnal Book Crics Circle Award and the 2016 Kgsley Tufts Poetry Award. Today, we're stg down wh the wrer Ross Gay.
ROSS GAY’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
In his first say llectn sce 'The Book of Delights,' Ross Gay explor how joy is more plited than we thk—and more attaable. * ross gay classes *
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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. There’s an say Ross Gay’s new llectn, Incg Joy, that begs wh a discsn of his favore sports book, John Edgar Wiman’s Hoop Roots, a memoir told through the thor’s lifelong relatnship wh basketball.
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Over the next eleven pag, Gay, a longtime hoop lover himself, offers a medatn on the bety of the pickup game, and how a good urt is a microsm of mocracy. ”Gay, a 48-year-old poet and profsor at Indiana Universy, has ma a reer of explorg the wonr to be found our everyday liv, notably his btsellg 2019 say llectn, The Book of Delights.
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Ross Gay: I started to thk about that word when I was dog The Book of Delights. In this episo of Life As It Is, wrer Ross Gay explor how joy emerg om how we re for one other—and how dissolv the boundari between . Ross Gay | Photo by Natasha Komoda.
ROSS GAY: INTERVIEW—BE HOLDG, GRATU, DELIGHTS
Ross Gay - Ross Gay is the thor of Catalog of Unabashed Gratu (Universy of Ptsburgh Prs, 2015), wner of the Natnal Book Crics Circle Award and the Kgsley Tufts Award. * ross gay classes *
But for poet Ross Gay, joy n be a radil and necsary act of ristance and belongg. In his new say llectn, Incg Joy, Gay explor the ruals and habs that make joy more available to , as well as the ways that joy n ntribute to a eper sense of solidary and re. In this episo of Life As It Is, Tricycle’s edor--chief, Jam Shaheen, and -host Sharon Salzberg s down wh Gay to talk about fdg joy the midst of grief and sorrow, the dangers of believg ourselv to be self-sufficient, and how joy n dissolve the boundari between .
Read a review of Gay’s new book, Incg Joy, here.