The Book of Delights

Ross Gay

Ross Gay offers up a spirited collection of short lyric essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders. Among Gay's funny, poetic, 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. But Gay never dismisses the complexities, even the terrors, of living in America as a black man or the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture or the loss of those he loves. More than anything other subject, though, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world - his garden, the flowers peeking out of the sidewalk, the hypnotic movements of a praying mantis.

Author(s): Gay, Ross
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 08/09/2020
Pagination: 288 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Coronet
Published By: Coronet
Book Classification: Literary essays|Social & political philosophy|Social & ethical issues
Dimensions: 196x130x22
Weight: 203
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781529349771