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Ross Gay

Ross Gay
Ross Gay teaches poetry at Indiana University and is the author of the poetry collections Against Which, Bringing the Shovel Down, Lace and Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens (with Aimee Nezhukumatathil), River (with Rose Wehrenberg), Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, and the essay collection The Book of Delights. His latest book is Be Holding.


Ross Gay Finds Delight in Nourishing Need, Adult Braces, and Kissing a Very Small Dog One Million Times

"I have never kissed a creature so many times, and I have loved and kissed many creatures many times, believe me."
October 18, 2022  By Ross Gay
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Back to School for Everyone: Lyric Research with Ross Gay

In Praise of Thinking with Other Thinkers
September 6, 2022  By Ross Gay
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Ross Gay: Have I Even Told You Yet About the Courts I’ve Loved?

On the Unlikely Tenderness and Care of a Good Pick-Up Basketball Game
September 15, 2020  By Ross Gay
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“Be Holding”

From the Book of the Same Name
September 4, 2020  By Ross Gay
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Ross Gay: In Praise of the Poetry Reading

"Books are lovely. I love books."
February 13, 2019  By Ross Gay
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