Book
Inciting joy : essays / Ross Gay.
"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.
Item 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.
- Copyright: ©2022
Contents / Notes
| 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)-- Went Free (Dancing: The Twelfth Incitement)-- Grief suite (falling apart: the thirteenth incitement) -- Oh, my heart (gratitude: the fourteenth incitement). |
Find similar items by subject
| Subject: | Joy. Happiness. Kindness. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. |
| Genre: | Essays. Essays. |
Currently available copies
- 18 out of 18 copies are currently available at PINES.
Holds
- 0 current holds on 18 total copies.
Show All Copies
| Library System: Library Branch Name
|
Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Regional Library System: Athens-Clarke County Library |
NONFIC 814.6 GAY (
Send Text) |
31001006091699 | NEW-BKS | Available | |
| Azalea Regional Library System: Jasper County Public Library |
814.6 GAY (
Send Text) |
31056009315495 | ADULT | Available | |
| Azalea Regional Library System: Monroe-Walton County Library |
814.6 GAY (
Send Text) |
31056009229324 | ADULT | Available | |
| Clayton County Library System: Headquarters Library |
811 GAY, ROSS (
Send Text) |
31012006645988 | BOOKS | Available | |
| Dougherty County Public Library: Southside Branch |
811.6 GAY, ROSS (
Send Text) |
31018905118779 | NONFIC | Available | |
| Flint River Regional Library System: Fayette County Public Library |
814.6 GAY (
Send Text) |
31022010280292 | ADULT | Available | |
| Flint River Regional Library System: Peachtree City Library |
814.6 GAY (
Send Text) |
31022010283924 | ADULT | Available | |
| Henry County Library: Fairview Public Library |
811.6 GAY (
Send Text) |
31027008493179 | Adult | Available | |
| Henry County Library: McDonough Public Library |
811.6 GAY (
Send Text) |
31027008493187 | Adult | Available | |
| Live Oak Public Libraries: Bull St. Library |
814.6 GAY (
Send Text) |
31008000448282 | NONFIC | Available |
▼ Summaries & More
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"--
