Ross Gay
Ross Gay is an American poet and essayist celebrated for his explorations of joy, gratitude, and the human experience. He is the author of several acclaimed works, including "Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude," which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. A professor at Indiana University, Gay's writing often intertwines personal reflection with broader social and environmental themes.
Book summaries for books written by Ross Gay
Quotes
Perhaps delight is a kind of grief, attending the absence of what we love.
Delight is the antidote to fear. It is the antidote to violence.
Delight is a kind of courage.
Delight can be a deep and abiding human pleasure, a kind of joy that is at once meaningful and meaningless.
Delight is a gift, a miracle, a splendor. It is also a skill.
Delight is a radical act.
Delight is the momentary absence of judgment.
Delight is the experience of the world not as a battlefield, but as cornucopia.
Delight is a kind of love for the world, a kind of awe and reverence for the world.
Delight is a practice.
Delight is the momentary suspension of dread.
Delight is a kind of attention.