Ross gay new book
Interview with Ross Gay
Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. In addition to his poetry, Ross has released three collections of essays—The Book of Delights was released in and was a Unused York Times bestseller; Inciting Happiness was released in , and his newest collection, The Novel of (More) Delights was released in September of
Interviewed by Ellie Smith
Inscape Journal: Ross, in my view, proximation with one another is where hope is born. Your writing feels proximate. I read your work and, I think, “oh yeah, me too!” You make us reflect of our own delights. First, I want to thank you for that—your words feel love friends—but I also want to ask, how do you act this? How do you pen about the world as if you are close-up?
Ross Gay: Adv, I try to be close-up to the world. That’s the practice. Second, writing that way doesn’t just
Ross Gay - The Publication of (More) Delights & Inciting Joy
Join us for a celebration with award-winning and best-selling author Ross Gay for the paperback releases of The Book of (More) Delights and Inciting Joy! We are delighted to welcome Ross Gay back to St. Louis for a discussion and book signing.
" Inciting Joy is a book that will break your heart. Ross Gay will break your heart. He will end it and advocate for breaking it over and over. Why? So we can choose our existence, our survival, our occupied humanity. Inciting Joy is brilliant because it's not just a book; it's proof that the way we carve out room for joy is by acknowledging our constant teacher: sorrow."-- Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate
Gay will personalize and sign copies after the presentation! Personalized and signed copies will be free to be mailed anywhere in the country. For personalized copies, please command before noon on October 16th.
Join us at Lofty Low Listening Room
Washington Ave
St. Louis, MO
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Air Date: Week of March 8,
Ross Gay’s The Novel of (More) Delights highlights the delight one can spot in everyday existence and in the natural world. (Photo: Courtesy of Ross Gay and Algonquin Books)
Poet and essayist Ross Gay is back with a follow up to his Book of Delights, loaded with moments of excellent that sprout amid our troubles. He joins Host Steve Curwood to contribute readings from his new Book of (More) Delights celebrating simple joys such as clothes on a clothesline, garlic sprouting, and dandelion abundance.
Transcript
BELTRAN: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Paloma Beltran.
CURWOOD: And I’m Steve Curwood.
Living on this planet can be a challenge these days. Plenty of crises from the climate to geopolitics can make you touch blue. But poet and essayist Ross Gay keeps creating antidotes to brighten you up. A few years ago he compiled The Book of Delights, loaded with moments of good that sprout amid our troubles. And now after the pandemic he’s back with The Book of (More) Delights with even more scrumptious moments to savor on our complicated planet. H
As Heard on NPR's This American Life: The New York Times bestselling manual of essays celebrating average delights in the planet around us by one of America's most authentic and observant writers, award-winning poet Ross Gay. Pre-order The Book of (More) Delights now, too!"Ross Gay's eye lands upon wonder at every turn, bolstering my belief in the countless small miracles that surround us." --Tracy K. Smith, Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet LaureateThe winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry proposals up a spirited collection of short lyrical essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders. In The Book of Delights, one of today's most original literary voices offers up a genre-defying volume of lyric essays written over one tumultuous year. The first nonfiction book from award-winning poet Ross Gay is a record of the miniature joys we often overlook in our busy lives. Among Gay's funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend's unabashed use of atmosphere quotes, cradling a tomato seedling ab
Air Date: Week of March 8,
Ross Gay’s The Novel of (More) Delights highlights the delight one can spot in everyday existence and in the natural world. (Photo: Courtesy of Ross Gay and Algonquin Books)
Poet and essayist Ross Gay is back with a follow up to his Book of Delights, loaded with moments of excellent that sprout amid our troubles. He joins Host Steve Curwood to contribute readings from his new Book of (More) Delights celebrating simple joys such as clothes on a clothesline, garlic sprouting, and dandelion abundance.
Transcript
BELTRAN: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Paloma Beltran.
CURWOOD: And I’m Steve Curwood.
Living on this planet can be a challenge these days. Plenty of crises from the climate to geopolitics can make you touch blue. But poet and essayist Ross Gay keeps creating antidotes to brighten you up. A few years ago he compiled The Book of Delights, loaded with moments of good that sprout amid our troubles. And now after the pandemic he’s back with The Book of (More) Delights with even more scrumptious moments to savor on our complicated planet. H