{"product_id":"inciting-joy-essays-9781643753959","title":"Inciting Joy: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Ross Gay comes a \"brilliant\" intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection (Ada Lim?n, U.S. poet laureate).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prizewinning poet and author 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\u003eInciting 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? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874941931794,"sku":"9781643753959","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62df7360-0d3d-47ec-9be5-c3eede1c1469.jpg?v=1738012421","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inciting-joy-essays-9781643753959","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}