Ross Gay

The Danger of Lowering Your Heart’s Volume: On the Writing of Ross Gay and Amy Leach

Criticism by Jane Zwart, From the Latest Issue of “Image” Magazine

 
By Jane Zwart  January 15, 2025
Paperbacks

Witchcraft! Ross Gay! Sonic Youth! Bryan Washington! 27 new books out in paperback this October.

By Gabrielle Bellot  October 1, 2024
The Hub

Meet the writers who garden against time.

By Brittany Allen  July 18, 2024
In Conversation

Tatiana Johnson-Boria on Writing Poems Like Film Montages

By Literary Hub  November 13, 2023
Joy

Ross Gay: In Praise of (Foot- End- Etc.) Notes

By Ross Gay  September 21, 2023
New Books Tuesdays

Check out the 28 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot  September 19, 2023
The Annotated Nightstand

The Annotated Nightstand: What Evie Shockley is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian  March 9, 2023
Shelf Talkers

Shelf Talkers: What the Booksellers Are Reading at Point Reyes Books

By Literary Hub  January 9, 2023
Life Advice for Book Lovers

Life Advice for Book Lovers: For a Dose of Optimism, Read This.

By Dorothea   December 15, 2022
First Draft

Ross Gay: “It’s Never Been the Institutions, It’s Always Been Our Neighbor.”

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing   November 14, 2022
Open Form

Ross Gay in Praise of Kurosawa’s Dreams and Making Beautiful (and Un-Beautiful) Things

By Open Form  October 27, 2022
The Annotated Nightstand

The Annotated Nightstand: What Ross Gay is Reading Now and Next

By Diana Arterian  October 27, 2022
new books tuesday

16 new releases to support your out-of-control book-buying habit.

By Katie Yee  October 25, 2022
Joy

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

By Ross Gay  October 18, 2022
Lit Hub Questionnaire

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

By Teddy Wayne  October 11, 2022
Syllabi

Back to School for Everyone: Lyric Research with Ross Gay

By Ross Gay  September 6, 2022
The Hub

Tomorrow is Paperback Book Day, so here are 21 new ones to celebrate.

By Katie Yee  July 29, 2022
Juneteenth

The Creative Rebellion of Black Liberated Life: A Reading List for Juneteenth

By Kris Manjapra  June 20, 2022
The Hub

Exclusive cover reveal: Ross Gay’s Inciting Joy.

By Literary Hub  May 18, 2022
Thresholds

Endnotes on the World Around Us: Ross Gay, adrienne maree brown, and More Voices from Thresholds

By Thresholds   May 4, 2022
Loneliness

How the Pandemic Has Changed the Way We Think About Solitude and Loneliness

By Natalie Eve Garrett  April 20, 2022
Writers in Conversation

Navigating Broken Systems: Taylor Harris on Writing a Memoir of Medical Motherhood

By Lynn Steger Strong  January 10, 2022
Poets

Ross Gay Demands Our Attention (in a Pandemic or Otherwise)

By Sara B. Franklin  October 21, 2021
So Many Damn Books

So Many Damn Books Listeners Take the Mic to Recommend Their Faves

By So Many Damn Books  March 24, 2021
Reading Lists

Flight Patterns: Reading of the Creatures of the Air

By Matthew Gavin Frank  February 23, 2021
Thresholds

Ross Gay on Understanding Delight Through Sadness

By Thresholds   February 17, 2021
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