In his first say llectn sce 'The Book of Delights,' Ross Gay explor how joy is more plited than we thk—and more attaable.
Contents:
- ROSS GAY
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
- POET ROSS GAY EXPLOR A JOY RMED BY EP SORROW
- ROSS GAY’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
ROSS GAY
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." * ross gay social media *
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Ross Gay was born Youngstown, Oh. Gay is the -thor, wh Aimee Nezhumatathil, of the chapbook Lace and Pyre: Letters om Two Garns (2014), and wh Richard Wehrenberg, Jr., River (2014).
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HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
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. In one of his most famo poems, A Small Needful Fact, Ross Gay remembers Eric Garner, who was choked to ath by a New York Cy police officer 2014.
Gay not that Garner worked as a garner once, and “ all likelihood / he put gently to the earth / some plants which most likely / … ntue to grow. Gay, who teach at Indiana Universy, won the Natnal Book Crics Circle Award and the Kgsley Tufts Poetry Prize for his 2015 Catalog of Unabashed Gratu. And om , Gay observ the world.
POET ROSS GAY EXPLOR A JOY RMED BY EP SORROW
Leah Rumack spoke to Gay this past fall. Ross Gay: Jt to be very real, the book ed to be lled Flight. 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.
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ROSS GAY’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
Ross Gay: I started to thk about that word when I was dog The Book of Delights.