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The handful of rules he set out for himself included composing the essays quickly and writing them by hand. The first time I blew it was with entry thirteen. As I was thinking, I turned the page and just kept reading. But breaking the rules is allowable here, not least because Gay himself does it.

skip to main content skip to footer. Shop all Algonquin Books. About this item. Highlights As Heard on NPR's This American Life: 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.

I first heard Gay read his poetry at the Conference on Ecopoetics at UC Berkeley in The highlight, for me, was the equally epic reading that took place over two nights. It was there that I heard Gay read his remarkable titular poem from the yet-unpublished award-winning Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. His most recent poetry collection, Be Holding , illustrated to me that this was an artist who had absolutely no interest in resting on well-earned laurels.

He shares five books of delight with Jane Ciabattari. The Black Maria by Aracelis Girmay. Such deep and true contemplation and mourning and study and dreaming about the violence and capacity for holding and care we have and might have. Jane Ciabattari: Yes, she covers so much ground!