The book of delights

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The book of delights / Ross Gay.

Gay, Ross, 1974- (author.).

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ISBN: 9781616207922
Physical Description: xii, 274 pages ; 19 cm
Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

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Subject:: Gay, Ross, 1974-
Life.
Joy.
Genre:: Essays.

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Location	Call Number / Copy Notes	Barcode	Shelving Location	Circulation Modifier	Holdable?	Status	Due Date	Courses
Emily Carr University of Art + Design	PS3607 .A9857 Z66 2019 (Text)	30240990	Book		Volume hold	Available	-

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Preface

1 My Birthday, Kinda

(3)

2 Inefficiency

(4)

3 Flower in the Curb

(2)

4 Blowing It Off

(4)

5 Hole in the Head

(3)

6 Remission Still

(3)

7 Praying Mantis

(3)

8 The Negreeting

(4)

9 The High-Five from Strangers, Etc

(4)

10 Writing by Hand

(3)

11 Transplanting

(4)

12 Nicknames

(3)

13 But, Maybe

(2)

14 "Joy Is Such a Human Madness"

(8)

15 House Party

(4)

16 Hummingbird

(2)

17 Just a Dream

(4)

18 "That's Some Bambi Shit"

(2)

19 The Irrepressible: The Gratitudes

(3)

20 Tap Tap

(2)

21 Coffee without the Saucer

(2)

22 Lily on the Pants

(2)

23 Sharing a Bag

(2)

24 Umbrella in the Cafe

(3)

25 Beast Mode

(2)

26 Airplane Rituals

(3)

27 Weirdly Untitled

(3)

28 Pecans

(3)

29 The Do-Over

(3)

30 Infinity

(3)

31 Ghost

(4)

32 Nota Bene

(3)

33 "Love Me in a Special Way"

101

(3)

34 "Stay,"

104

(3)

Lisa Loeb

35 Stacking Delights

107

(4)

36 Donny Hathaway on Pandora

111

(2)

37 "To Spread the Sweetness of Love"

113

(3)

38 Baby, Baby, Baby

116

(2)

39 "REPENT OR BURN"

118

(2)

40 Giving My Body to the Cause

120

(2)

41 Among the Rewards of My Sloth

122

(2)

42 Not Grumpy Cat

124

(2)

43 Some Stupid Shit

126

(2)

44 Not Only

128

(1)

45 Micro-gentrification: WE BUY GOLD

129

(2)

46 Reading Palms

131

(3)

47 The Sanctity of Trains

134

(2)

48 Bird Feeding

136

(2)

49 Kombucha in a Mid-century Glass

138

(3)

50 Hickories

141

(1)

51 Annoyed No More

142

(2)

52 Toto

144

(3)

53 Church Poets

147

(1)

54 Public Lying Down

148

(4)

55 Babies. Seriously

152

(2)

56 "My Life, My Life, My Life, My Life in the Sunshine"

154

(1)

57 Incorporation

155

(2)

58 Botan Rice Candy

157

(3)

59 Understory

160

(2)

60 "Joy Is Such a Human Madness": The Duff Between Us

162

(2)

61 "It's Just the Day I'm Having"...

164

(1)

62 The Purple Cornets of Spring

165

(2)

63 The Volunteer

167

(2)

64 Fishing an Eyelash: Two or Three Cents on the Virtues of the Poetry Reading

169

(3)

65 Found Things

172

(2)

66 Found Things (2)

174

(2)

67 Cuplicking

176

(2)

68 Bobblehead

178

(3)

69 Thejenky

181

(3)

70 The Crow's Ablutions

184

(3)

71 Flowers in the Hands of Statues

187

(2)

72 An Abundance of Public Toilets

189

(4)

73 The Wave of Unfamiliars

193

(2)

74 Not for Nothing

195

(2)

75 Bindweed... Delight?

197

(3)

76 Dickhead

200

(2)

77 Ambiguous Signage Sometimes

202

(4)

78 Heart to Heart

206

(3)

79 Caution: Bees on Bridge

209

(3)

80 Tomato on Board

212

(3)

81 Purple-Handed

215

(1)

82 Name: Kayte Young; Phone Number: 555-867-5309

216

(3)

83 Still Processing

219

(2)

84 Fireflies

221

(2)

85 My Scythe Jack

223

(2)

86 Pawpaw Grove

225

(4)

87 Loitering

229

(4)

88 Touched

233

(3)

89 Scat

236

(5)

90 Get Thee to the Nutrient Cycle!

241

(3)

91 Pulling Carrots

244

(2)

92 Filling the Frame

246

(1)

93 Reckless Air Quotes

247

(2)

94 Judith Irene Gay, Aged Seventy-six Today!

249

(2)

95 Rothko Backboard

251

(2)

96 The Marfa Lights

253

(2)

97 The Carport

255

(3)

98 My Garden (Book)

258

(4)

99 Black Bumblebees!

262

(3)

100 Grown

265

(1)

101 Coco-baby

266

(3)

102 My Birthday

269

(3)

Acknowledgments

272

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