Joy, with Ross Gay

About this episode

Ross Gay discusses his book 'Inciting Joy' and the concept of joy as a communal experience.

Ross Gay is a New York Times bestselling author of essays and poetry. His latest book is ‘Inciting Joy,’ which argues that “joy is something like what we feel like when we help each other carry our sorrows, what we feel like when we sort of realize we're practicing our entanglement, our belonging to one another.” Transcript at our website, firesidepod.org/episodes/gay. Buy the book and other merch at firesidepod.org/store.

People in this episode

Host: Blair Hodges

Guest: Ross Gay

Topics covered

• joy
• community
• belonging
• sorrow
• entanglement

Keywords

• joy
• Ross Gay
• Inciting Joy
• essays
• poetry
• community
• sorrow

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fireside, New York Times

Books & works: Inciting Joy

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