02881cam a2200445 i 4500 2791815585 TxAuBib 20250624120000.0 r 260327s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781616208905 electronic bk. 1616208902 electronic bk. MWT15570591 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Gay, Ross, 1974-, author. The Book of Delights [Hoopla] : Essays / Ross Gay. [United States : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (288 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. The New York Times bestselling book of essays celebrating ordinary delights in the world around us by one of America's most original and observant writers, award-winning poet Ross Gay. The winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyrical essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders. In "The Book of Delights", one of today's most original literary voices offers up a genre-defying volume of lyric essays written over one tumultuous year. The first nonfiction book from award-winning poet Ross Gay is a record of the small joys we often overlook in our busy lives. Among Gay's funny, poetic, philosophical delights: a friend's unabashed use of air quotes, cradling a tomato seedling aboard an airplane, the silent nod of acknowledgment 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 else, 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. "The Book of Delights" is about our shared bonds, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. These remarkable pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. Gay, Ross. Joy. Life. African American. Autobiography. Biography. Literature. Electronic books. Essays. Literature. Hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15239445?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh3964 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hbg_9781616208905_180.jpeg Cover image BSBPL