Ross Gay. Univ. of Pittsburgh, $15.95 trade paper (112p) ISBN 978-0-8229-6331-8
Gay (Bringing the Shovel Down) drops a third collection that follows through on its title's promise: these simple, joyful poems read like a litany of what's good in the world. Fig trees are high on the list, along with friendship and the act of...
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Ross Gay. Algonquin, $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-61620-792-2
Poet Gay (Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude) forays into prose with this collection of stirring, thought-provoking “essayettes” on the ways and means of delight. Spanning a year between Gay’s 42nd and 43rd birthdays, the 102 pieces—each one dated—cover
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Ross Gay. Univ. of Pittsburgh, $17 trade paper (86p) ISBN 978-0-82296-623-4
The brilliant fourth book from Gay, his first since winning the National Book Critics Circle Award with 2015’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, continues his now-signature inquiry into feeling. Shaped as a single poem in a long sentence of center-just
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Ross Gay. Algonquin, $27 (288p) ISBN 978-1-64375-304-1
Poet Gay (The Book of Delights) examines in this stunning collection how joy deepens when accompanied by grief, fear, and loss. In “Joy and Losing Your Phone,” he describes relying on the help of strangers; “Joy and Death” is a reflection on losing...
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Ross Gay. Algonquin, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-1-64375-309-6
Poet Gay once again engages in a daily “delight practice” in the enchanting encore to The Book of Delights. In 81 brief essays, Gay turns his perpetually wonder-struck eye on the people and places around him, constructing an elaborate ode to the...
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