Book of Delights

Name: Book of Delights
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The uplifting, life-affirming New York Times bestselling book of joy

AvRoss Gay

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

A heart-warming and joyful collection of short lyric essays: the perfect pick-me-up in troubled times'Pure balm for your soul' CELESTE NG, author of Little Fires Everywhere'His delight is infectious. It's hard to read Gay and not to be won over'SEATTLE TIMESAmong Ross Gay's funny and philosophical delights: a friend's unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling aboard an aeroplane, the silent nod of acknowledgement between the only two black people in a room.More than anything, 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, and serves as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-08
Mått:130 x 196 x 22 mm
Vikt:203 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN:9781529349771

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Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik
Essäer inom Skönlitteratur
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Ross Gay is the author of The Book of Delights, a genre-defying book of essays, and three books of poetry: Against Which, Bringing the Shovel Down, and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. He is also the co-author, with Aimee Nezhukumatathil, of the chapbook "Lace and Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens," in addition to being co-author, with Richard Wehrenberg, Jr., of the chapbook, "River." He is a founding editor, with Karissa Chen and Patrick Rosal, of the online sports magazine Some Call it Ballin', in addition to being an editor with the chapbook presses Q Avenue and Ledge Mule Press. Ross is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project. He has received fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the Guggenheim Foundation. Ross teaches at Indiana University.

Recensioner i media

The delights he extols here (music, laughter, generosity, poetry, lots of nature) are bulwarks against casual cruelties. As such they feel purposeful and imperative as well as contagious in their joy

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Ross Gay, Aimee Nezhukumatathil

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