Reading by Ross Gay at Cornell

About the Author

Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against WhichBringing the Shovel DownBe Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His first collection of essays, The Book of Delights, was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller. His new collection of essays, Inciting Joy, will be released by Algonquin in October of 2022.

Book signing  and reception to follow the reading.

BSB staff will be selling books offsite at this event from Cornell's Department of Literatures in English/Creative Writing.

Event date: 
Thursday, February 9, 2023 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Event address: 
Klarman Hall
Rhodes-Rawling Auditorium
Ithaca, NY 14850
Inciting Joy: Essays By Ross Gay Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9781643753041
Availability: Available via Warehouse (7-10 Days)
Published: Algonquin Books - October 25th, 2022

The Book of Delights: Essays By Ross Gay Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781643753287
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Algonquin Books - August 16th, 2022

Be Holding: A Poem (Pitt Poetry Series) By Ross Gay Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780822966234
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - September 8th, 2020