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.
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- ROSS GAY ON CG JOY WHILE DG WH SORROW
- ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
- NICKNAM, FIREFLI AND RECKLS AIR QUOT: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
ROSS GAY ON CG JOY WHILE DG WH SORROW
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ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
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(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. GAY: Totally.
GAY: Yeah, totally.
GAY: Yeah.
NICKNAM, FIREFLI AND RECKLS AIR QUOT: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
Poet Ross Gay se joy all around him. In fy srv, orchards, pawpaws, even weeds. He explas the subtle mdset shift that allows him to let more self-passn and more joy. * ross gay on npr *
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SHAPIRO: Ross Gay's new llectn of says is lled "The Book Of Delights. SHAPIRO: That's the wrer Ross Gay a nversatn that we first aired Febary of 2019. Tell me your name and what is that you do - or jt how you would troduce GAY: Yeah, my name is Ross Gay and, you know, I wre (lghter) (Lghter) Yeah, that's (Lghter) I That's Ross Gay.
Once you sort of admted that you thought somethg was betiful, you've also admted that you're moveable, which I thk also is an admissn that you have This episo of LIFE KIT, a nversatn wh Poet Ross Gay on the role of joy daily life, the difficulty of allowg yourself to be moved, and why he thks 's important to e the word Ross, what do joy look like to you?