Description
In this intimate and electrifying collection of essays, Ross Gay explores the forms of joy that emerge through care, connection, and mutual aid—especially amid grief, loss, and life’s inevitable hardships. Moving from gardens and skateboarding to masculinity, community, and the experience of caring for a dying parent, he considers how attention to one another can transform both private sorrow and public life. Lyrical, curious, and deeply compassionate, these essays invite readers not only to recognize joy but to practice and expand the conditions that make collective flourishing possible.
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paperback
Algonquin Books
Published Sep 19, 2023
256 pages
ISBN: 9781643753959
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Details
First Published
2022
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Inciting Joy by Ross Gay.