The Book of Delights

Essays

By: Ross Gay

Narrated by: Ross Gay

The winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyric essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders.

Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights is a genre-defying collection of essays - some as short as a paragraph; some as long as five pages - that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. His is a meditation on delight that takes a clear-eyed view of the complexities, even the terrors, in his life, including living in America as a Black man; the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture; the loss of those he loves.

©2019 Ross Gay (P)2018 Recorded Books

Truly a delight

A few crude parts which, for me, added to the delight. Easy funny moving read.

Absolutely delightful

Yes, it is certainly cliché to call the book of delights absolutely delightful however, that is just what this book is.
If you like short prose, interesting words and authenticity, this book is for you.

Ross Gay Reading Makes It Better

I enjoy the Book of Delights and often give it as a gift. I got the audio book to listen to at work as a way squeeze in a few smiles and remind me to be delighted everyday. However, hearing Ross Gay read - the cadence of his voice along with the infections made the book even more delightful. #TotallyDelighted

Lovely Listen

Loved it so much just downloaded the follow up book. The world can be dark but this book is a shining star in a gloomy night.

like poetry to lift

but poetry to lift your attitude every single day every single time I listen. thank you Ross for everything in your life that brought you to the place to be able to write this book.