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ROSS GAY: A WAY WH WORDS

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Ross Gay is the thor of three books of poetry: Agast Which; Brgg the Shovel Down; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratu, wner of the 2015 Natnal Book Crics Circle Award and the 2016 Kgsley Tufts Poetry Award. In 2015, IU Bloomgton Associate Profsor Ross Gay’s latt book of poetry, Catalog of Unabashed Gratu, was shortlisted for the Natnal Book Award.

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Author of the poetry llectn Agast Which, IU poet Ross Gay is a basketball ach, an ocsnal moln man and a pater. He talks wh Live at IU about his work. "I'm workg on two books, one of which is mostly done, and the other which is the begng, excg stag," he tells rears. "I don't get too much of the 'wav of spiratn,' unfortunately. Mostly I jt have to try to wre the same poem over about 50 tim until I get right, or give up for some years." * indiana university ross gay *

Though he didn’t w that prize, a few months later Gay received word that he’d won one of the most prtig aclas a poet n receive: the Kgsley Tufts Poetry Award.

As the wner, Gay received a $100, 000 prize that’s meant to make easier for him to ntue pursug excellence poetry. For Gay — a low-key fellow who liv Bloomgton and has a wi variety of passns, cludg garng and basketball — that meant payg down stunt-loan bt.

Gay says he was “very exced” to w the award, addg: “It’s nice to image that more people might be readg the work, and I might be able to pay off my stunt loans.

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A native of Youngstown, Oh, Gay lived Philalphia durg his 20s and early 30s, prr to his arrival Bloomgton.

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Gay says his time at IU has, at least directly, affected the way he wr poetry. IU poet Ross Gay shar his 'wav of spiratn'. Poet Ross Gay joed the Creative Wrg faculty at Indiana Universy's College of Arts and Scienc 2007.

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In addn to his IU appotment, Gay also teach the low-rincy program at New England College.

Born Youngstown, Oh, Gay grew up outsi of Philalphia. Ross GayLIVE AT IU: Why did you choose Indiana Universy?

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ROSS GAY: I chose Indiana back the fall of 2006, when I saw that they had a job for a poet posted.

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Ross Gay: Core Faculty: About: Department of English: Indiana Universy Bloomgton .

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