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001483832 1001_ $$aGay, Ross,$$d1974-$$eauthor.$$1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcgxdmc9q8gB7WFcYyjmd
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001483832 24514 $$aThe book of delights /$$cRoss Gay.
001483832 250__ $$aFirst paperback edition.
001483832 264_1 $$aChapel Hill, North Carolina :$$bAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill,$$c2022.
001483832 264_4 $$c©2019
001483832 300__ $$axxiv, 275 pages ;$$c18 cm
001483832 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
001483832 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
001483832 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
001483832 386__ $$aUniversity and college faculty members$$2lcdgt
001483832 386__ $$aAfrican Americans$$2lcdgt
001483832 386__ $$aMen$$2lcdgt
001483832 500__ $$a"Originally published in hardcover by Algonquin Boks of Chapel Hill in February 2019."--Title page verso.
001483832 50500 $$tMy birthday, kinda --$$tInefficiency --$$tFlower in the curb --$$tBlowing it off --$$tHole in the head --$$tRemission still --$$tPraying mantis --$$tThe negreeting --$$tThe high-five from strangers, etc. --$$tWriting by hand --$$tTransplanting --$$tNicknames --$$tBut, maybe ... --$$t"Joy is such a human madness" --$$tHouse party --$$tHummingbird --$$tJust a dream --$$tThat's Some Bambi Shit" ... --$$tThe irrepressible: The gratitudes --$$tTap tap --$$tCoffee without the saucer --$$tLily on the pants --$$tSharing a bag --$$tUmbrella in the café --$$tBeast mode --$$tAirplane rituals --$$tWeirdly untitled --$$tPecans --$$tThe do-over --$$tInfinity --$$tGhost --$$tNota bene --$$t"Love Me in a Special Way" --$$t"Stay," by Lisa Loeb --$$tStacking delights --$$tDonny Hathaway on Pandora --$$t"To Spread the Sweetness of Love" --$$tBaby, baby, baby --$$t"REPENT OR BURN" --$$tGiving my body to the cause --$$tAmong the rewards of my sloth ... --$$tNot Grumpy Cat --$$tSome stupid shit --$$tNot only ... --$$tMicro-gentrification: WE BUY GOLD --$$tReading palms --$$tThe sanctity of trains --$$tBird feeding --$$tKombucha in a mid-century glass --$$tHickories --$$tAnnoyed no more --$$tToto --$$tChurch poets --$$tPublic lying down --$$tBabies, seriously --$$t"My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life in the Sunshine" --$$tIncorporation --$$tBotan rice candy --$$tUnderstory --$$t"Joy is Such a Human Madness": The duff between us --$$t"It's Just the Day I'm Having" ...
001483832 50500 $$tThe purple cornets of spring --$$tThe volunteer --$$tFishing an eyelash: Two or three cents on the virtues of the poetry reading --$$tFound things --$$tFound things (2) --$$tCuplicking --$$tBobblehead --$$tThe jenky --$$tThe crow's ablutions --$$tFlowers in the hands of statues --$$tAn abundance of public toilets --$$tThe wave of unfamiliars --$$tNot for nothing --$$tBindweed ... delight? --$$tDickhead 200 --$$tAmbiguous signage sometimes --$$tHeart to heart --$$tCaution: Bees on bridge --$$tTomato on board --$$tPurple-handed --$$tName: Kayte Young; phone number: 555-867-5309 --$$tStill processing --$$tFireflies --$$tMy scythe Jack --$$tPawpaw grove --$$tLoitering --$$tTouched --$$tScat --$$tGet thee to the nutrient cycle! --$$tPulling carrots --$$tFilling the frame --$$tReckless air quotes --$$tJudith Irene Gay, aged seventy-six today! --$$tRothko backboard --$$tThe Marfa lights --$$tThe carport --$$tMy Garden (book) --$$tBlack bumblebees! --$$tGrown --$$tCoco-baby --$$tMy birthday.
001483832 520__ $$a"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."--$$cProvided by publisher.
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001483832 650_7 $$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$$2bisacsh
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