Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy is back with exactly the book we need in these unsettling times. ""Yes, please. I'll have another dose of delight."" -Margaret Roach, New York Times In Ross Gay's new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America's most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the ""nefarious"" scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world-sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbour's fig tree-and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. The Book of (More) Delights is a volume to savour and share.

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Author:   Ross Gay
Publisher:   Workman Publishing
Imprint:   Algonquin Books
Dimensions:   Width: 12.40cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 18.60cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781643753096

ISBN 10:   1643753096
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   21 September 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"""Ross Gay is back, better than ever . . . This time he swings his basket higher, slower, for a whole new bevy of brainy and witty noticings, not just from his garden but from paper menus and pawpaws to the unexpected adoration of a small dog.""​--Garden & Gun"

"""So much of being a bookseller is finding the right book to put into someone's hand who is going through something difficult. Gay's work never sugar coats the difficulties or fragility of life, but it is still so hopeful.""--USA Today ""Ross Gay is back, better than ever . . . This time he swings his basket higher, slower, for a whole new bevy of brainy and witty noticings, not just from his garden but from paper menus and pawpaws to the unexpected adoration of a small dog.""​--Garden & Gun"

"""By popular demand, Ross Gay is back, better than ever . . . This time he swings his basket higher, slower, for a whole new bevy of brainy and witty noticings.""​--Garden & Gun ""His delightful observations of everyday life are a reminder that joy is all around us, we just have to be willing to look for it""--TheRoot.com ""Ross Gay's latest collection of essays The Book of (More) Delights is a dose of joy, perfect for dark winter months.""​--Montclair Local ""Beautifully written and a balm for our times.""--Toronto Star ""Heartening. Informal yet inspired, off-the-cuff yet beautifully composed... The Book of (More) Delights provides abundant avenues to appreciate our world.""--BookPage ""Short essays with wonderfully playful writing that made me feel understood while also providing a new way to see the world. ...simultaneously unique and relatable... Something to keep stashed away for when you need a quick pick-me-up.""--St. Louis Public Radio ""[Gay] rejoices in the fleeting pleasures of everyday life. ...heartfelt... [He] calls on us to marvel at nature's small wonders and remember that we're all connected.""--Washington Post Named a Best/Most Anticipated Book of Fall/2023 by TIME.com, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, Book Riot, Christian Science Monitor, & more! ""Gay's work is a reminder of all things tiny and beautiful, small but miraculous, ordinary yet magical. Read The Book of (More) Delights. It will grant you some gorgeous silence.""--Brown Daily Herald ""A refreshing reminder that joy surrounds us everywhere""--Bookreporter.com ""Gay proves that he's able to endlessly expand on any minute detail of life in a way that's not only interesting, but that's often profound, open-ended, and sometimes even revelatory. It's clear that these 'delights' are a gift not only for the author himself but also for every one of the readers he touches.""--Shondaland ""Ross Gay follows up his 2019 bestseller, The Book of Delights, with another collection of charming essays as quirky, engaging, and wryly humorous as the first. These reflections on what makes life meaningful offer a provocative episodic read.""--Christian Science Monitor ""Ross Gay, and I will praise him forever, is a beautiful writer who reminds us of the beauty in small, everyday things.""--Ann Patchett, The Skimm ""This trilogy of titles help us understand each other, the world, and our place in it.""--Barnes & Noble Reads ""A feel-good book... [it] expertly whisks readers away to simpler times. The book's happy, worry-free vibes make it the ultimate vacation read, no matter the time of year.""--Travel & Leisure ""A lovely book continuing his celebration of the everyday delights! Staff recommended! Highly! Happily!""--My Edmund News ""Contains many delightful, ordinary joys.""--The Presbyterian Outlook ""Yes, please. I'll have another dose of delight.""--Margaret Roach, The New York Times ""Enchanting... These unforgettable vignettes will enhance readers' appreciation for their own surroundings."" --Publishers Weekly ""Gay's work never sugar coats the difficulties or fragility of life, but it is still so hopeful."" --Wild Geese Bookshop--USA Today ""Another startling, sensuous collection of miniature essays... again and again, joy wins out over despair as Gay pays tribute to a world of people ""'bumbling, flailing, hurting, failing, changing.'""--Booklist ""Enormously delightful. Gay is a master at amplifying the delights all around us""--Literary Hub ""Keenly observed and delivered with deftness, these essays are a testament to the artfulness of attention and everyday joy.""--Kirkus Reviews"

Author Information

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.

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