![]() ![]() These remarkable pieces serve as a powerful and necessary reminder that we can, and should, stake out a space in our lives for delight. The Book of Delights is about our shared bonds, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. 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. ![]() 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. 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. The first nonfiction book from award-winning poet Ross Gay is a record of the small joys we often overlook in our busy lives. These remarkable pieces serve as a powerful and. Summary: "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 Book of Delights is about our shared bonds, and the rewards that come from a life closely observed. ![]()
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