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The Book of Delights
- Essays
- Narrated by: Ross Gay
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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The Book of Delights
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Publisher's Summary
The winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyric essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders.
Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying collection of essays - some as short as a paragraph; some as long as five pages - that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. His is a meditation on delight that takes a clear-eyed view of the complexities, even the terrors, in his life, including living in America as a Black man; the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture; the loss of those he loves.
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- Nadia
- 22-09-2020
An antidote to dread
The world feels hard right now. But this book is a soft, funny and delicious reminder to be present. He talks about a “delight radar”, and reading this book activated mine at every turn. An invitation and a sacred deliberation.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-07-2020
This book is a delight
Definitely worth enjoying on audiobook rather than physical book so you can delight in Ross Gay's lovely voice.
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- Fiona
- 15-08-2023
It soothed and sang
I really enjoyed listening to Ross Gay’s observations and reflections. He didn’t shy away from earthy and visceral topics, he didn’t shy away from suffering and wrongs. Nevertheless, I found it “delightful”. I could visualise what he was describing and it often made me smile and laugh. I feel like I had a glimpse into someone else’s inner life and I felt connected to them. I also noticed as I read that I found myself noticing my own simple delights. Thank you Ross Gay that was wonderful.
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