Ross Gay
Ross Gay is an American poet, essayist, and professor whose work deals with the intricate human experiences of joy and sorrow. Ranging in subject matter from gardening to Black joy to basketball, Gay's poetry is infused with a musicality that swells and gathers. He is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle...