{"product_id":"inciting-joy-essays-paperback","title":"Inciting Joy: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoss Gay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Ross Gay comes an intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brilliant. \u003ci\u003eInciting Joy\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will break your heart.\" --Ada Limón, US poet laureate \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A gift that's meant to be shared.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It's impossible to read [these essays] without feeling a shift in your awareness of joy and its unexpected possibilities.\" ―\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prizewinning poet and author Ross Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during life's inevitable hardships. Throughout \u003ci\u003eInciting Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, he explores how we can practice recognizing that connection, and also, crucially, how we can expand it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking a clear-eyed look at injustice, political polarization, and the destruction of the natural world, Gay shows us how we might resist, how the study of joy might lead us to a wild, unpredictable, transgressive, and unboundaried solidarity. In fact, it just might help us survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an era when divisive voices take up so much airspace, \u003ci\u003e Inciting Joy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vital alternative: What might be possible if we turn our attention to what brings us together, to what we love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Memoir\/ Nonfiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2022 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2022 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003eBest Adult Books of 2022 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Salon.com Favorite Books of 2022 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Favorite \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of 2022 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003eBest Audiobooks of 2022\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoss Gay is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Delights: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and four books of poetry. His \u003ci\u003eCatalog of Unabashed Gratitude \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eBe Holding \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2021 PEN America Jean Stein Book Award. He is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project. Gay has received fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He teaches at Indiana University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.21 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47791315976445,"sku":"9781643753959","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/L25_NSU1QC9781643753959.webp?v=1783263262","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/inciting-joy-essays-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}