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’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
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- POET ROSS GAY ON HIS NEW BOOK AND FDG JOY SORROW
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
- ROSS GAY ON THE LABOR OF “INCG JOY”ROSS GAY ON THE LABOR OF “INCG JOY”
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- ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
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 images *
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.
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.
”Book ver of “Incg Joy” by Ross Gay. Courty of Ross GayGQ: A word that up aga and aga your work is the word practice. Ross Gay: I started to thk about that word when I was dog The Book of Delights.
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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 images *
Ross Gay is terted Gay wants to unrstand Gay is cur about Gay studi joy. ~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. Poet Ross Gay explor the qutns – What c joy?
Wrten over the urse of the panmic, Gay ponrs joy, fg ls as the absence of sorrow and rather as our rponse to . Jt look at the way the garners share their extra vegetabl, Gay not. And the are jt a few of endls exampl, Gay tells CNN.
CNN spoke wh Gay prr to his new book’s release.
POET ROSS GAY ON HIS NEW BOOK AND FDG JOY SORROW
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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. 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.
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
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 images *
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. Gay: In some ways. Gay: Verndale, Mnota.
ROSS GAY ON THE LABOR OF “INCG JOY”ROSS GAY ON THE LABOR OF “INCG JOY”
Gay: Anyone om Verndale?
Gay: There’s 500 people Verndale. Gay: And that’s the thg.
Gay: The nnectn between the dyg and the joy? Gay: Say aga?
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Gay: That’s jt fuckg dumb. Gay: Oh, yeah, sorry. Gay: Totally.
ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
Gay: I missed, like, the fourth day. Gay: Isn’t that great?
Gay: Oh, my God, they’re jt like, “Well, why am I dog what they’re tellg me to do all the time? Gay: Exactly, exactly. Gay: It jt me my ear.