Finding ‘(More) Delights’ with Ross Gay

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🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

“I’ve completed another year of delights. Or maybe I should say another year of delights has completed me.” So writes poet and author Ross Gay at the end of his new book, “The Book of (More) Delights,” which once again celebrates life’s daily joys, wonders, gifts and surprises, both small and all-defining. As he did in 2019’s New York Times bestseller “The Book of Delights,” Gay unearths the profound in his quickly written daily odes, each praising friends, everyday items, natural wonders and personal joys, like that of turning around before reaching a hike’s summit. We’ll talk with Gay about the pleasure of continuing this project and hear from you: Whether it’s a coworker’s pear tree or a compliment from a friend, what’s one recent delight from your life? Guests: Ross Gay, poet; essayist; author, "The Book of (More) Delights" - His previous books include "Inciting Joy," "Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude" and "The Book of Delights" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.9	I'm Mina Kim.
0:53.3	For Ross Gay's new book called The Book of
0:55.9	More Delights, a sequel to his 2019 bestseller, The Book of Delights, Gay imposed similar
1:01.7	constraints on himself. Write every day, write quickly, write by hand for a year, about life's
1:07.5	daily joys, gifts, surprises that so often go unnoticed until we take the time,
1:12.5	a paper menu, growing garlic, turning around before reaching a hike summit.
1:17.2	We'll talk with the author of Insighting Joy about his revelations from another year of chronicling
1:21.7	the things that delight him, and we want to hear from you.
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