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In this episo of Life As It Is, wrer Ross Gay explor how joy emerg om how we re for one other—and how dissolv the boundari between . Ross Gay | Photo by Natasha Komoda.
But for poet Ross Gay, joy n be a radil and necsary act of ristance and belongg. In his new say llectn, Incg Joy, Gay explor the ruals and habs that make joy more available to , as well as the ways that joy n ntribute to a eper sense of solidary and re. In this episo of Life As It Is, Tricycle’s edor--chief, Jam Shaheen, and -host Sharon Salzberg s down wh Gay to talk about fdg joy the midst of grief and sorrow, the dangers of believg ourselv to be self-sufficient, and how joy n dissolve the boundari between .
Read a review of Gay’s new book, Incg Joy, here. Ross Gay is terted joy.Ross Gay wants to unrstand joy.Ross Gay is cur about joy.Ross Gay studi joy.Somethg like that.~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. Ross Gay’s new say llectn reveals a ter, more tenr fn of joy.
Poet and profsor Ross Gay’s new say llectn Incg Joy reads like an timate nversatn wh a close iend. Read the full review. * ross gay tricycle *
Ross Gay’s new book Incg Joy is out now wh Algonqu Books.
Incg Joy, poet and profsor Ross Gay’s latt quiry to happs, reads like an timate nversatn wh a close iend. Wh his ual playful, openhearted wisdom, Gay explor what c joy and what joy c through subjects like basketball, dancg, and losg your phone. The word “ce” is often ed alongsi somethg like a rt or a revolutn, but ’s jt as apt for Gay’s fn of joy: a force that dissolv our ept systems of orr—“me, ” “you, ” “good, ” “bad”—and embrac the sweet plexy of what’s left.
Sorrow is extribly bound up Gay’s fn of joy. In the first chapter, Gay scrib this wh a scene almost intil to the night before the Buddha’s enlightenment when Mara attacks him beneath the Bodhi tree. Gay’s versn adds one more step: Inve your iends and their mons (he lls them sorrows) to the table too and make a party.