The Poem That Changed My Life: Ross Gay's "Brgg the Shovel Down" - Not so very long ago—five years perhaps—I opened the pag of a book and began to read a poem that entirely renfigured my notns of what a poem n do. The poem was Ross Gay’s “Brgg the Shovel Down.” And, as is so often the se wh world-transformg revelatns, the enunter also h me wh the force of profounst rememberg: Here was an stance, a glor, exfoliatg stance, of all I had always hoped and believed about the ways and wherewhal of art.
Contents:
- ROSS GAY’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
- POET ROSS GAY ON HIS NEW BOOK AND FDG JOY SORROW
- ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
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- THE POEM THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: ROSS GAY'S "BRGG THE SHOVEL DOWN"
- HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
- ROSS GAY
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
ROSS GAY’S SECRETS FOR LIVG A MORE JOYFUL LIFE
In his first say llectn sce 'The Book of Delights,' Ross Gay explor how joy is more plited than we thk—and more attaable. * carl ross gay *
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. ”Gay, a 48-year-old poet and profsor at Indiana Universy, has ma a reer of explorg the wonr to be found our everyday liv, notably his btsellg 2019 say llectn, The Book of Delights.
POET ROSS GAY ON HIS NEW BOOK AND FDG JOY SORROW
In the last two years, seems like everyone has been searchg for joy. Now, poet Ross Gay is explorg qutns around that subject his new book "Incg Joy," a llectn of says released Tuday. * carl ross gay *
”Book ver of “Incg Joy” by Ross Gay. Courty of Ross GayGQ: A word that up aga and aga your work is the word practice.
ENRE: ROSS GAY WR 'THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS'
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. * carl ross gay *
Ross Gay: I started to thk about that word when I was dog The Book of Delights. Poet Ross Gay explor the qutns – What c joy? Wrten over the urse of the panmic, Gay ponrs joy, fg ls as the absence of sorrow and rather as our rponse to .
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CNN spoke wh Gay prr to his new book’s release. Ross Gay spent a year wrg daily says about thgs that light him.
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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." * carl ross gay *
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks wh Gay about some of the says clud his new book, The Book of Delights. The wrer Ross Gay spent a year dog that. (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.
THE POEM THAT CHANGED MY LIFE: ROSS GAY'S "BRGG THE SHOVEL DOWN"
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. * carl ross gay *
GAY: Yeah.
HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
GAY: Often.
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GAY: I thk I sort of felt like this is somethg that I'll be dog one way or another for the rt of my life.
GAY: Well, not ntug - necsarily ntug to wre the says. 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.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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