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The book of (more) delights

"A collection of essays in which the author discusses the small and large things that delight him"--

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Main Author:	Gay, Ross, 1974- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2023]
Subjects:	Gay, Ross, > 1974- > Anecdotes. Joy > Anecdotes. Happiness > Anecdotes. Essays. Anecdotes.
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Summary:	"A collection of essays in which the author discusses the small and large things that delight him"--
Physical Description:	xiv, 288 pages ; 19 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-288).
ISBN:	9781643753096 1643753096
Author Notes:	Ross Gay is the New York Times bestselling author of the essay collections The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy and four books of poetry. His Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and in 2022 was named an NEA Big Read title; and Be Holding won the 2021 PEN America Jean Stein Book Award. Gay is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He teaches at Indiana University.