Ross Gay on Tour for Inciting Joy
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights, Inciting Joy is an intimate and electrifying collection of new essays!
In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prize-winning poet and author Ross Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during life’s inevitable hardships. Throughout Inciting Joy, he explores how we can practice recognizing that connection, and also, crucially, how we expand it. Inciting Joy is on sale October 25, 2022, and you can catch Ross on tour now through December!
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October 23: Harrisburg Book Festival in Harrisburg, PA
October 25: Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, NY
October 26: Loyalty Bookstores at The DC Public Library in Washington, DC
October 27: Philadelphia Free Library in Philadelphia, PA
October 28: Brookline Booksmith in Boston, MA
October 29: Boston Book Festival in Boston, MA
November 1: American Writers Museum in Chicago, IL
November 2: Talking Volumes in Minneapolis, MN
November 3: Wisconsin Public Library in Madison, WI
November 6: Texas Book Festival in Austin, TX
November 7: St. Louis County Library at The Ethical Society of St. Louis in St. Louis, MO
November 8: Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN
November 9: Georgia Center for the Book in Atlanta, GA
November 10: City of Asylum in Pittsburg, PA
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November 13: Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, IN
November 15: Book Passage – Corte Madera in San Francisco, CA
November 16: Powell’s in Portland, OR
November 17: Live Wire Radio at Town Hall Seattle in Seattle, WA
November 20: Miami Book Fair in Miami, FL
November 22: Frenchtown Bookshop in Frenchtown, NJ
November 28: Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, KY
November 29: Gramercy Books in Columbus, OH
November 30: The Rumpus Book Club (Virtual)
December 1: Morgenstern’s in Bloomington, IN
December 7: Toronto Public Library in Toronto, CAN (Virtual)
Don’t forget to purchase a copy of Inciting Joy! It also makes a great gift for the holidays. How will you be Inciting Joy this season?