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"A collection of essays in which the author discusses the small and large things that delight him"--
About the author
Ross Gay is the New York Times bestselling author of the essay collections The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy and four books of poetry. His Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and in 2022 was named an NEA Big Read title; and Be Holding won the 2021 PEN America Jean Stein Book Award. Gay is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He teaches at Indiana University.
Summary
In these short lyrical essayettes-a follow-up volume to the New York Times bestselling The Book of Delights: Essays-the award-winning poet continues his celebration of the everyday delights we so often miss and inspires readers to rediscover the ordinary joys in the world around us.
Foreword
In these short lyrical essayettes-a follow-up volume to the New York Times bestselling The Book of Delights: Essays-the award-winning poet continues his celebration of the everyday delights we so often miss and inspires readers to rediscover the ordinary joys in the world around us.
