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Inciting joy : essays / Ross Gay.

Gay, Ross, 1974- (author.).

Summary:
"A collection of long-form essays on joy, in which the author turns his curious and poetic mind to everything from skateboarding and cover songs, basketball and race, dancing and academia, death and laughter, and, always, the garden and the natural world"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781643753041
  • ISBN: 1643753045
  • Physical Description: 248 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, North carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The first incitement -- Through my tears I saw (death: the second incitement) -- We kin (the garden: the third incitement) -- Out of time (time: the fourth incitement) -- Share your bucket! (skateboarding: the fifth incitement) -- Baby, this might by you. (laughter: the sixth incitement) -- (Dis)alienation machinery (losing your phone: the seventh incitement) -- Free fruit for all! (the orchard: the eighth incitement) -- Insurgent hoop (pickup basketball: the ninth incitement) -- How big the boat (the cover: the tenth incitement) -- Dispatch from the ruins (school: the eleventh incitement) -- Grief suite (falling apart: the thirteenth incitement) -- Oh, my heart (gratitude: the fourteenth incitement).
Subject: Joy.
Happiness.
Kindness.
American essays > 21st century.
Genre: Essays.

Available copies

  • 17 of 19 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 811.6 GAY (Text) 50686016242518 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 814.6 GAY (Text) 33240005158582 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library 814.6 GAY (Text) 33249025382999 Non-fiction Available -
Cambria County Library 814.6 G285i (Text) 85131001865709 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library 814.6 GAY (Text) 33249025511779 Non-fiction Available -
Huntingdon County Library NF 814.6 GAY (Text) 30298100635196 Nonfiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library 814 Gay Essays (Text) 39427103709978 Fiction Room: Essays Available -
Lower Macungie Library 811.6 GAY (Text) 33400001570251 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Martin Library Adults 811 GAY Arts Literature (Text) 33454005888078 2nd Floor Checked Out 04/16/2024
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults 811 GAY Nonfiction (Text) 34262000787016 Main Room Checked Out 04/06/2024

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