The book of delights
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- ISBN: 9781616208905
- ISBN: 1616208902
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)
remote - Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
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Formatted Contents Note: | 94. Judith Irene Gay, Aged Seventy-six Today!95. Rothko Backboard; 96. The Marfa Lights; 97. The Carport; 98. My Garden (Book):; 99. Black Bumblebees!; 100. Grown; 101. Coco-baby; 102. My Birthday; Acknowledgments |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 12, 2019). |
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Subject: | Gay, Ross 1974- Gay, Ross 1974- Life Joy LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays Joy Life |
Genre: | Essays. Essays. Electronic books. |
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505 | 0 | . | ‡aCover; Also by Ross Gay; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. My Birthday, Kinda; 2. Inefficiency; 3. Flower in the Curb; 4. Blowing It Off; 5. Hole in the Head; 6. Remission Still; 7. Praying Mantis; 8. The Negreeting; 9. The High-Five from Strangers, Etc.; 10. Writing by Hand; 11. Transplanting; 12. Nicknames; 13. But, Maybe . . .; 14. "Joy Is Such a Human Madness; 15. House Party; 16. Hummingbird; 17. Just a Dream; 18. "That's Some Bambi Shit" . . .; 19. The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes; 20. Tap Tap; 21. Coffee without the Saucer; 22. Lily on the Pants; 23. Sharing a Bag |
505 | 8 | . | ‡a24. Umbrella in the Café25. Beast Mode; 26. Airplane Rituals; 27. Weirdly Untitled; 28. Pecans; 29. The Do-Over; 30. Infinity; 31. Ghost; 32. Nota Bene; 33. "Love Me in a Special Way"; 34. "Stay," by Lisa Loeb; 35. Stacking Delights; 36. Donny Hathaway on Pandora; 37. "To Spread the Sweetness of Love"; 38. Baby, Baby, Baby; 39. "REPENT OR BURN"; 40. Giving My Body to the Cause; 41. Among the Rewards of My Sloth . . .; 42. Not Grumpy Cat; 43. Some Stupid Shit; 44. Not Only . . .; 45. Microgentrification: WE BUY GOLD; 46. Reading Palms; 47. The Sanctity of Trains; 48. Bird Feeding |
505 | 8 | . | ‡a49. Kombucha in a Mid-century Glass50. Hickories; 51. Annoyed No More; 52. Toto; 53. Church Poets; 54. Public Lying Down; 55. Babies. Seriously.; 56. "My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life in the Sunshine.; 57. Incorporation; 58. Botan Rice Candy; 59. Understory; 60. "Joy Is Such a Human Madness": The Duff Between Us; 61. "It's Just the Day I'm Having" . . .; 62. The Purple Cornets of Spring; 63. The Volunteer; 64. Fishing an Eyelash: Two or Three Cents on the Virtues of the Poetry Reading; 65. Found Things; 66. Found Things (2); 67. Cuplicking; 68. Bobblehead; 69. The Jenky |
505 | 8 | . | ‡a70. The Crow's Ablutions71. Flowers in the Hands of Statues; 72. An Abundance of Public Toilets; 73. The Wave of Unfamiliars; 74. Not for Nothing; 75. Bindweed . . . Delight?; 76. Dickhead; 77. Ambiguous Signage Sometimes; 78. Heart to Heart; 79. Caution: Bees on Bridge; 80. Tomato on Board; 81. Purple-Handed; 82. Name: Kayte Young; Phone Number: 555-867-5309; 83. Still Processing; 84. Fireflies; 85. My Scythe Jack; 86. Pawpaw Grove; 87. Loitering; 88. Touched; 89. Scat; 90. Get Thee to the Nutrient Cycle!; 91. Pulling Carrots; 92. Filling the Frame; 93. Reckless Air Quotes |
505 | 8 | . | ‡a94. Judith Irene Gay, Aged Seventy-six Today!95. Rothko Backboard; 96. The Marfa Lights; 97. The Carport; 98. My Garden (Book):; 99. Black Bumblebees!; 100. Grown; 101. Coco-baby; 102. My Birthday; Acknowledgments |
520 | . | ‡a"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 Laureate The winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyric essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders. Ross Gay's The Book of Delights is a genre-defying book of essays-some as short as a paragraph; some as long as five pages-that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. His is a meditation on delight that takes a clear-eyed view of the complexities, even the terrors, in his life, including living in America as a black man; the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture; the loss of those he loves. Among Gay's funny, poetic, philosophical delights: the way Botan Rice Candy wrappers melt in your mouth, the volunteer crossing guard with a pronounced tremor whom he imagines as a kind of boat-woman escorting pedestrians across the River Styx, a friend's unabashed use of air quotes, pickup basketball games, the silent nod of acknowledgment between black people. And more than any other subject, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world-his garden, the flowers in the sidewalk, the birds, the bees, the mushrooms, the trees. This is not a book of how-to or inspiration, though it could be read that way. Fans of Roxane Gay, Maggie Nelson, and Kiese Laymon will revel in Gay's voice, and his insights. The Book of Delights is about our connection to the world, to each other, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. Gay's pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight. | |
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