{"product_id":"the-book-of-more-delights-essays-9781643753096","title":"The Book of (More) Delights: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Delights\u003c\/i\u003e and award-winning poet, a book of lyrical mini-essays celebrating the everyday that will inspire readers to rediscover the joys in the world around us.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Ross Gay's new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America's most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. \u003cp\u003e For Gay, what delights us is what connects us, what gives us meaning, from the joy of hearing a nostalgic song blasting from a passing car to the pleasure of refusing the \"nefarious\" scannable QR code menus, from the tiny dog he fell hard for to his mother baking a dozen kinds of cookies for her grandchildren. As always, Gay revels in the natural world--sweet potatoes being harvested, a hummingbird carousing in the beebalm, a sunflower growing out of a wall around the cemetery, the shared bounty from a neighbor's fig tree--and the trillion mysterious ways this glorious earth delights us. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of (More) Delights\u003c\/i\u003e is a volume to savor and share. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoss Gay\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the essay collections \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Delights \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Inciting Joy \u003c\/i\u003eand four books of poetry. His \u003ci\u003eCatalog of Unabashed Gratitude \u003c\/i\u003ewon the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and in 2022 was named an NEA Big Read title; and \u003ci\u003eBe Holding \u003c\/i\u003ewon the 2021 PEN America Jean Stein Book Award. Gay is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He teaches at Indiana University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574553022738,"sku":"9781643753096","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50349401-6fed-4200-83e9-7c740e754e59.jpg?v=1737303768","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-more-delights-essays-9781643753096","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}