Ross Gay: Interview—Be Holdg, Gratu, Delights | Nadia Colburn

Contents:

• ROSS GAY
• ROSS GAY
• ROSS GAY: SGG ABOUT PLANTS AND PEOPLE
• READG BY ROSS GAY
• UNBOUND BOOK FTIVAL NAM ROSS GAY, PATRICK ROSAL 2023 KEYNOT
• HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'
• ROSS GAY: INTERVIEW—BE HOLDG, GRATU, DELIGHTS
• WHY YOU SHOULD READ ROSS GAY THIS NATNAL POETRY MONTH
• NEW YORK TIM BT-SELLG THOR ROSS GAY TO READ FEB. 9
• BE HOLDG: WH ROSS GAY
• GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY READS AUTHOR ROSS GAY
• WH TWO WEEKS THE AIN AMERIN POET ROSS GAY IS MISTAKEN FOR BOTH THE AIN AMERIN POET TERRANCE HAY AND THE AIN AMERIN POET KYLE DARGAN, NOT ONE OF WHOM LOOKS ANYTHG LIKE THE OTHERS

ROSS GAY

Sprg 2023January 8 Benef readg w poet John Smh Uned Methodist Church Frenchtown, NJJanuary 11 Readg for Illois Librari Virtual Event More rmatnJanuary 30 Youngstown Live/d Readg wh Ross Gay & Rochelle Hurt Virtual Event More rmatnFebary 3 Behd the Book Carmel Clay Library Carmel, IN More rmatnFebary 6 Seattle Arts & Lectur Seattle, WA More rmatnFebary 8 Readg for The Care Center Virtual Event More rmatnFebary 9 Readg for Cornell Universy Itha, NY More rmatnFebary 16 Talk at the Universy of Kansas Lawrence, KS More rmatnFebary 21 Readg at Try Universy San Anton, TXFebary 22 Readg at the Universy of Hoton-Downtown Hoton, TXFebary 23 Readg at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center Dallas, TXMarch 4 – 5 Tucson Ftival of Books Tucson, AZ More rmatnMarch 8The Hearth & Home LectureThe Merntile LibraryCcnati, OHMore rmatnMarch 9 The Axton Visg Wrer Seri Universy of Louisville Louisville, KYMarch 14 One Book Read Wt Kentucky Communy & Technil College Paduh, KY More rmatnMarch 17 Children’s Summ Kids Common San Jose, CA March 21 Bookshop Santa Cz wh Chris Mattgly Santa Cz, CA More rmatnMarch 23 Sat Elizabeth Universy Morristown, NJMore rmatnMarch 25 Virgia Ftival of the Book Charlottville, VA More rmatnMarch 27 Hampn-Sydney College Hampn Sydney, VirgiaMarch 30 Big Read Miami Miami, FLApril 2 Orange County Library Big Read Orlando, FL More rmatnApril 4 Wre Like Us! 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).

So was wh surprise this September that I stumbled across Ross Gay’s book, talog of unabashed gratu.

But not sce Mary Oliver have I e across a poet able to meld the natural world wh the human the way Gay do.

ROSS GAY

Generally, poetry is no stranger to the earth’s habs but Gay’s poetry is Whmanque, all enpassg, vibrant, aloud, unashamed. ” Gay wr about ath and love and plants a vivid memoir of his father’s dyg days agast his own task of plantg u tre. The tense moment of his father’s dyg experience is lovgly but unsentimentally portrayed, the hot air balloons fill Gay’s body wh breath as his father’s body lists om the breath si , then go out as he di.

ROSS GAY: SGG ABOUT PLANTS AND PEOPLE

Ross Gay: In Sprg and Wter. The poem balanc on this le of life and ath throughout, keepg the moment of sprg, hope, growth until the fal l where Gay b the plum his mouth and se the memory of his father dancg, both “beg a ltle silly / and sweet. ” Of Gay’s three poetry books, ’s the most dialed to the natural world, though not all poems feature .

READG BY ROSS GAY

Ross Gay, an Ain Amerin, also wr about the black experience, racism, jtice, and history.

The Sprg 2023 Barbara & David Zalaznick Readg Seri begs wh a readg by poet and sayist Ross Gay. 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 books are available onle, store, and on se at the readg.

UNBOUND BOOK FTIVAL NAM ROSS GAY, PATRICK ROSAL 2023 KEYNOT

Incg Joy by Ross Gay. Be holdg By Ross Gay.

The Book of Delights By Ross Gay.

HOW ROSS GAY FDS JOY IN THE SMALLT OF 'DELIGHTS'

Photo of Ross Gay by Natasha Komoda. Ross Gay is terted Gay wants to unrstand Gay is cur about Gay studi joy. ~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: INTERVIEW—BE HOLDG, GRATU, DELIGHTS

Poet and sayist Ross GayAn spired pairg of well-regard poets will share the keynote event at next sprg's Unbound Book Gay and Patrick Rosal will take the stage when Unbound opens s 2023 edn on April 21, the ftival announced via social media Thursday eveng.

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WHY YOU SHOULD READ ROSS GAY THIS NATNAL POETRY MONTH

Prev Unbound keynot clu Zadie Smh, Gee Snrs, Jericho Brown, Viet Thanh Nguyen and Salman 's latt book, "Incg Joy, " is a llectn of says, a eply humane and mil piece of wrg that sifts Gay's fay history and cultural fascatns while reachg beyond his life to the rear. As Gay remds this llectn, the antidote to our sorrows is a mcle we n strengthen, sway and wield, a way to rtore our spirs, and our muni, and perhaps, the world, " Mandana Chaffa wrote the Chigo Review of 's other books clu "The Book of Delights, " a New York Tim btsellg set of says, and poetry texts such as "Be Holdg" and "Catalog of Unabashed Gratu. Ticket rervatns for Gay and Rosal's appearance will be available early next year, the ftival said.

Fd him on Twter article origally appeared on Columbia Daily Tribune: Ross Gay, Patrick Rosal to headle Unbound ftival 2023.

NEW YORK TIM BT-SELLG THOR ROSS GAY TO READ FEB. 9

Today, we're stg down wh the wrer Ross Gay.

BE HOLDG: WH ROSS GAY

So many thgs light Ross Gay: handma fy srv and loerg, the joy of rryg a heavy bag between two people, paw paws and even weeds. 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.

GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY READS AUTHOR ROSS GAY

I am Nadia Colburn, and I am here today wh Ross Gay. Ross Gay is the thor of four books of poetry: Agast Which; Brgg the Shovel Down; Be Holdg; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratu, and wner of the 2015 Natnal Book Crics Circle Award and the 2016 Kgsley Tufts Poetry Award.

Ross Gay: Thank you, ’s good to be wh you too.

Ross Gay: That’s such a good qutn. Ross Gay: Jt north of Philalphia. Ross Gay: Well, that is very much my poetic and ethil and spirual practice.

WH TWO WEEKS THE AIN AMERIN POET ROSS GAY IS MISTAKEN FOR BOTH THE AIN AMERIN POET TERRANCE HAY AND THE AIN AMERIN POET KYLE DARGAN, NOT ONE OF WHOM LOOKS ANYTHG LIKE THE OTHERS

Ross Gay: That’s here.

Ross Gay: I don’t know that a kid would say this, but ’s sort of like this has been given to me, like the sun g through through the tre or the sun filterg through that squirrel hangg on that oak tree, through the qutn mark of that squirrels tail, the sun is actually filtered, that has been given to me. Ross Gay: They’re notg all of this stuff that is so often as an adult, we don’t notice. Ross Gay: The next le is a few years before his father went down.

Ross Gay: Yeah, that’s good.