Ep. 264 Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay -- The Stacks Book Club (Clint Smith)

The Stacks

Traci Thomas

Literature, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Poet and Above Ground author Clint Smith returns to discuss our April book club selection Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, a poetry collection by Ross Gay. We discuss the moment of the book's release and why it's important within the context of the Black Lives Matter movement. We also argue that successfully engaging with a poem doesn't require understanding what a poem is about, and we ask how much the author's intent actually matters in poetry.

Be sure to listen to the end of today’s episode to find out what our book club pick will be for May 2023.

You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:

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0:00.0	You guys, the live and the stacks tour is underway.
0:03.8	We had an incredible night in Oakland filled with bookish conversations, hot takes, games,
0:08.8	cocktails. If you missed it, I'm sorry, but don't worry, it's not too late to see the stacks live
0:15.3	in one of our next four stops. Join me in Chicago with Samantha Erby on August 27th
0:21.6	in Washington, D.C. with Jason Reynolds on September 24th in New York City with KSA
0:26.9	Laman on September 25th and in LA on October 18th with some extra special guests that we will be
0:33.6	announcing real soon. Tickets are selling fast so head to the stackspodcast.com slash tour and
0:40.6	get your tickets before we sell out.
0:52.7	Welcome to the stacks of podcasts about books and the people who read them.
0:55.9	I'm your host Tracy Thomas and it is the last Wednesday of the month, which means it's
1:00.4	the stacks book club day. We're joined again by Clint Smith who is the author of the instant
1:06.8	New York Times best selling poetry collection above ground. And in order to celebrate national
1:13.3	poetry month, our book club pick is catalog of unabashed gratitude and award-winning collection
1:19.1	of poems by Ross Gaye. Released in 2015, it is a beautiful meditation on the ephemeral nature
1:24.7	of love and life and it's rooted in the imagery of nature itself. Today, Clint and I talk about the
1:30.1	context that this collection was written in, how we connect with poetry and so much more. If you're
1:36.4	intimidated by poetry, I promise this episode is for you. And there are no spoilers on today's
1:42.1	episode. Make sure to listen to the end of today's episode to find out what our May book club
1:46.8	selection will be. Quick reminder, everything we talk about on each episode of the stacks can be
1:51.6	found in the link in the show notes. And if you love the stacks and you want more bookish goodness,
1:57.2	check out the stacks pack on patreon patreon.com slash the stacks. For just five dollars a month,
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