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Join Ross Gay, author of the New York Times bestselling book The Book of Delights, for a reading of his work. A book signing will follow. Registration is recommended.
You may have heard about Bloomington's own Ross Gay from his NPR interview—now come see him in person! Ross will read excerpts from his work and answer audience questions. Books will be available for purchase, and a book signing will follow the reading. Registration for this event is recommended.
ABOUT ROSS
Ross Gay is interested in joy.
Ross Gay wants to understand joy.
Ross Gay is curious about joy.
Ross Gay studies joy.
Something like that.
Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His first collection of essays, The Book of Delights, was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller. His new collection of essays, Inciting Joy, was released by Algonquin in October of 2022.