An Evening of Poetry with Ross Gay
- October 11, 2018 @ 6:00 pm (please note that this time has changed from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.!)
- Warch Campus Center, Lawrence University
- Hurvis Room
- Free and open to the public
This event is sponsored by the Cargill Sustainability Grant, the Mia Paul Poetry Fund, and the Fox Cities Book Festival.
Description of event
This talk will imagine ways that delight, joy, and love are integral to the ways we care for the land, but also to the ways we care for ourselves and each other as the land.
Ross’s reading will be followed by a book signing.
Ross Gay Biography
Ross Gay is the author of three books: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Ross is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project. Ross teaches at Indiana University. His new book, The Book of Delights — will be released in Spring 2019.
