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SUMMARY:Left Bank Books Presents: Ross Gay
DESCRIPTION:Reading from The Book of (More) Delights  and  Inciting Joy: Essays\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis reading will be held in-person at High Low. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT INFO\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBooks available from Left Bank Books\n\n\n\nCurbside pick-up\, in-store pick-up\, and shipping available\n\n\n\nRSVP is encouraged\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOKS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE BOOK OF (MORE) DELIGHTS \n\n\n\nIn this second intimate collection of short\, lyrical\, genre-defying essays\, again written daily over a year\, one of America’s most original and observant voices celebrates the ordinary\, helping us see our extraordinary world anew. Among Ross Gay’s funny\, poetic\, philosophical delights: bonding with a pipsqueak of a puppy\, observing how his mother bakes eighteen kinds of cookies before her grandchildren arrive\, noticing the tenderness he feels when he sees an adult wearing braces\, and the recognition that for him the preamble is often more delightful than the thing itself: “Putting on your socks and tying up your shoes\, and\, if you’re the type\, filling up your water bottle and doing some light stretching\, but skipping the walk entirely.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINCITING JOY \n\n\n\nIn these gorgeously written and timely pieces\, National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet and bestselling author Ross Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other\, especially during life’s inevitable hardships. Throughout Inciting Joy\, he explores how we can practice recognizing that connection and expand it. In an era when divisive voices take up so much air space\, Inciting Joy offers a vital alternative: What might be possible if we turn our attention to what brings us together\, to what we love? Full of energy\, curiosity\, and compassion\, Inciting Joy is essential reading from one of our most brilliant writers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE POET\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nROSS 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 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. In addition to his poetry\, Ross has released three collections of essays—The Book of Delights was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller; Inciting Joy was released in 2022\, and his newest collection\, The Book of (More) Delights was released in September of 2023. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVENUE
URL:https://stlouispoetrycenter.org/events/lbb-presents-ross-gay/
LOCATION:High Low\, 3301 Washington Ave\, Saint Louis\, MO\, 63103
CATEGORIES:Author Event,In-Person Events,Lectures & Talks
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