Description
Over the course of a year, Ross Gay records the small, often overlooked moments that make ordinary life feel astonishing: a stranger’s gesture, a song’s physical energy, the intimacy of caring for one’s own body, or the unexpected beauty of a passing encounter. Moving between personal reflection, social observation, and lyrical meditation, these brief essays explore the fragile space between beauty and horror, life and death, isolation and connection. With a poet’s precision, warmth, and exuberant attention to language, Gay reveals delight as an active practice of noticing—and as a way of recognizing the unseen bonds between ourselves and the world.
Available Editions
paperback
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published Jan 1, 2019
288 pages
ISBN: 9781616208905
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Book of Delights by Ross Gay.