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:
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
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- ROSS GAY’S ‘INCG JOY’ IS A GIFT THAT’S MEANT TO BE SHARED
- ROSS GAY’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
79 quot om Ross Gay: 'Bee tryg to articulate what, perhaps, joy is, has occurred to me that among other thgs—the tre and the mhrooms have shown me this—joy is the mostly visible, the unrground unn between , you and me, which is, among other thgs, the great fact of our life and the liv of everyone and thg we love gog away. If we sk a spoon to that fact, to the duff between , we will fd teemg. It will look like all the books ever wrten. It will look like all the nerv a body. We might ll sorrow, but we might ll a unn, one that, once we notice , once we brg to the light, might bee flower and food. Might be joy.', 'I suppose I uld spend time theorizg how is that people are not bad to each other, but that’s really not the pot. The pot is that almost every stance of our liv, our social liv, we are, if we pay attentn, the midst of an almost nstant, if subtle, retakg. Holdg open doors. Offerg elbows at crosswalks. Lettg someone else go first. Helpg wh the heavy bags. Reachg what’s too high, or what’s been dropped. Pullg someone back to their feet. Stoppg at the r wreck, at the stck dog. The alternatg merge, also known as the zipper. This retakg is our flt mo and ’s always a lie that nvc to act or believe otherwise. Always.', and 'It didn’t take me long to learn that the disciple or practice of wrg the says ocsned a kd of light radar. Or maybe was more like the velopment of a light mcle. Somethg that impli that the more you study light, the more light there is to study.' * ross gay quotes joy *
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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 quotes joy *
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Some 102 of his most lyril says me together a soul-stirrg 2019 llectn, “The Book of Delights, ” Gay’s follow-up to “Catalog of Unabashed Gratu, ” which won the 2015 Natnal Book Crics Circle award for poetry. To take on “Delights, ” Gay gave himself a few l: Wre daily, by hand and quickly. Gay’s 2019 llectn on ltle joys was a falist for the Natnal Book Crics Circle Award.
ROSS GAY’S ‘INCG JOY’ IS A GIFT THAT’S MEANT TO BE SHARED
Gay's new say llectn looks beyond the miseri of our current era to envisn a more welg future. * ross gay quotes joy *
“When you notice that you’ve been lighted, sudnly the world is more full of lights, ” Gay says, llg om his home Bloomgton. Gay explor our terpennce around llective loss, grief and pa.
ROSS GAY’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
In his say on “Joy Is Such a Human Madns, ” Gay dissects the etymology (another light) of the word -light, which nveys both “of light” and “whout light.
Sce his teachg life went onle this sprg, Gay has spent his off hours readyg his greenhoe for plantg much like the many Bay Area garners who flocked to nurseri when they reopened last month. “I thk there’s somethg groundg about wnsg the redbuds and the dogwoods and the danlns arrivg the midst of our own cris, ” Gay says. Kombucha: Sippg homema kombucha om a midcentury water glass lights Gay.
That thrilled Gay and his brother growg up “more even than the ee sticker si. Veggie burger: Gay talks about the lights of a handma veggie burger, preferably ma wh six gredients or ls, served on a superb roll.