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. To register, visit .įor information, visit or call (847) 907-3600. A Conversation with Ross Gay is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please visit Open Table or call 41 to make a reservation.The event will be held virtually at 7 p.m. Remember you can dine at the in-house restaurant 40 North before, during, or after the show. Pick up your own copy of Inciting Joy at City of Asylum Bookstore. Ross has been awarded fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project. Ross Gay is the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights as well as four collections of poetry: Against Which, Bringing the Shovel Down, Be Holding (Winner, PEN/Jean Stein Book Award), and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Winner, 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award). Full of energy, curiosity, and compassion, Inciting Joy is essential reading from one of our most brilliant writers. Ross thinks about the community garden as a laboratory for mutual aid in “We Kin” explores skateboarding’s reclamation of public space in “Share Your Bucket” and in “Through My Tears I Saw,” recognizes what was healed in caring for his dying father. How can we practice recognizing that fragile yet integral connection between all of us? How should we expand it?
In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, Ross considers the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during life’s inevitable hardships.
Ross is joined in conversation by Damon Young.
Having delighted the City of Asylum community with readings in 20, prize-winning poet and essayist Ross Gay returns to our stage to share his newly released collection of essays, Inciting Joy. In-person tickets for this program are SOLD OUT.
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