About the Author: Ross Gay
Ross Gay is an award-winning poet, essayist, and professor. He is the author of four books of poetry and three collections of essays, including The Book of Delights: Essays and the follow-up The Book of (More) Delights. He is the winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, 2021 PEN/Jean Stein Award, and 2022 Indiana Authors Award for Poetry.
Gay has taught poetry, art, and literature at Lafayette College, Montclair State University, Drew University, and Indiana University, where he is a faculty member in the English Department.
For more information about Ross Gay and his work, visit https://www.rossgay.net/.
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