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The book of delights
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- ISBN: 1616207922
- ISBN: 9781616207922
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Physical Description:
xii, 274 pages ; 19 cm
print - Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
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| Formatted Contents Note: | The purple cornets of spring -- The volunteer -- Fishing an eyelash: Two or three cents on the virtues of the poetry reading -- Found things -- Found things (2) -- Cuplicking -- Bobblehead -- The jenky -- the crow's ablutions -- Flowers in the hands of statues -- An abundance of public toilets -- The wave of unfamiliars -- Not for nothing -- Bindweed ... delight? -- Dickhead 200 -- Ambiguous signage sometimes -- Heart to heart -- Caution: Bees on bridge -- Tomato on board -- Purple-handed -- Name: Kayte Young: phone number: 555-867-5309 -- Still processing -- Fireflies -- My scythe Jack -- Pawpaw grove -- Loitering -- Touched -- Scat -- Get thee to the nutrient cycle! -- Pulling carrots -- Filling the frame -- Reckless air quotes -- Judith Irene Gay, aged seventy-six today! -- Rothko backboard -- The Marfa lights -- The carport -- My Garden (book) -- Black bumblebees! -- Grown -- Coco-baby -- My birthday. |
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| Subject: | Gay, Ross 1974- Gay, Ross 1974- Life Joy American essays Joy Life |
| Genre: | Essays. Essays. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date | |
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| Burlington Public Library | 814.6 GAY 2019 | 39851001554733 | Non-fiction | Copy hold | Available | - |
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| 520 | . | ‡a"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 small joys we often overlook in our busy lives. Among Gay's funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend's unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling aboard an airplane, the silent nod of acknowledgment between the only two black people in a room. But Gay never dismisses the complexities, even the terrors, of living in America as a black man or the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture or the loss of those he loves. More than anything other subject, though, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world--his garden, the flowers peeking out of the sidewalk, the hypnotic movements of a praying mantis. The Book of Delights is about our shared bonds, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. These remarkable pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight."-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tMy birthday, kinda -- ‡tInefficiency -- ‡tFlower in the curb -- ‡tBlowing it off -- ‡tHole in the head -- ‡tRemission still -- ‡tPraying mantis -- ‡tThe negreeting -- ‡tThe high-five from strangers, etc. -- ‡tWriting by hand -- ‡tTransplanting -- ‡tNicknames -- ‡tBut, maybe ... -- ‡t"Joy is such a human madness" -- ‡tHouse party -- ‡tHummingbird -- ‡tJust a dream -- ‡tThat's Some Bambi Shit" ... -- ‡tThe irrepressible: The gratitudes -- ‡tTap tap -- ‡tCoffee without the saucer -- ‡tLily on the pants -- ‡tSharing a bag -- ‡tUmbrella in the café -- ‡tBeast mode -- ‡tAirplane rituals -- ‡tWeirdly untitled -- ‡tPecans -- ‡tThe do-over -- ‡tInfinity -- ‡tGhost -- ‡tNote bene -- ‡t"Love Me in a Special Way" -- ‡t"Stay," by Lisa Loeb -- ‡tStacking delights -- ‡tDonny Hathaway on Pandora -- ‡t"To Spread the Sweetness of Love" -- ‡tBaby, baby, baby -- ‡t"REPENT OR BURN" -- ‡tGiving my body to the cause -- ‡tAmong the rewards of my sloth ... -- ‡tNot Grumpy Cat -- ‡tSome stupid shit -- ‡tNot only ... -- ‡tMicro-gentrification: WE BUY GOLD -- ‡tReading palms -- ‡tThe sanctity of trains -- ‡tBird feeding -- ‡tKombucha in a mid-century glass -- ‡tHickories -- ‡tAnnoyed no more -- ‡tToto -- ‡tChurch poets -- ‡tPublic lying down -- ‡tBabies, seriously -- ‡t"My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life in the Sunshine" -- ‡tIncorporation -- ‡tBotan rice candy -- ‡tUnderstory -- ‡t"Joy is Such a Human Madness": The duff between us -- ‡t"It's Just the Day I'm Having" ... |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tThe purple cornets of spring -- ‡tThe volunteer -- ‡tFishing an eyelash: Two or three cents on the virtues of the poetry reading -- ‡tFound things -- ‡tFound things (2) -- ‡tCuplicking -- ‡tBobblehead -- ‡tThe jenky -- ‡tthe crow's ablutions -- ‡tFlowers in the hands of statues -- ‡tAn abundance of public toilets -- ‡tThe wave of unfamiliars -- ‡tNot for nothing -- ‡tBindweed ... delight? -- ‡tDickhead 200 -- ‡tAmbiguous signage sometimes -- ‡tHeart to heart -- ‡tCaution: Bees on bridge -- ‡tTomato on board -- ‡tPurple-handed -- ‡tName: Kayte Young: phone number: 555-867-5309 -- ‡tStill processing -- ‡tFireflies -- ‡tMy scythe Jack -- ‡tPawpaw grove -- ‡tLoitering -- ‡tTouched -- ‡tScat -- ‡tGet thee to the nutrient cycle! -- ‡tPulling carrots -- ‡tFilling the frame -- ‡tReckless air quotes -- ‡tJudith Irene Gay, aged seventy-six today! -- ‡tRothko backboard -- ‡tThe Marfa lights -- ‡tThe carport -- ‡tMy Garden (book) -- ‡tBlack bumblebees! -- ‡tGrown -- ‡tCoco-baby -- ‡tMy birthday. |
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