After wrg an say every day about somethg that lighted him for a year, Ross Gay disvered thgs about himself -- and everyone else.
Contents:
- FROM THE ARCHIV: ROSS GAY ON 'INCG JOY'
- TALKG VOLUM: ROSS GAY ON 'INCG JOY'
- POET ROSS GAY FDS LIGHT EVEN DIFFICULT TIM
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
- ROSS GAY
FROM THE ARCHIV: ROSS GAY ON 'INCG JOY'
This Friday, on Big Books and Bold Ia, host Kerri Miller talks wh psychologist and rearcher Dacher Keltner about the science of awe, and how this universal emotn n transform our bras and bodi. So we felt ftg to brg you a discsn of joy for this week’s archive. Enjoy poet Ross Gay at Talkg Volum last fall discsg his book, “Incg Joy.” * ross gay mpr *
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TALKG VOLUM: ROSS GAY ON 'INCG JOY'
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POET ROSS GAY FDS LIGHT EVEN DIFFICULT TIM
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HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
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 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.