This genre-defying book of essays records the small joys that occurred in one year\, from birthday to birthday\, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. It is a \;meditation on del ight that takes a clear-eyed view of the complexities\, even the terrors\, in the author's life\, including living in America as a black man\; the e cological and psychic violence of our consumer culture\; the loss of those he loves. Among Gay&rsquo\;s delights: the way Botan Rice Candy wrappers melt in your mouth\, the volunteer crossing guard with a pronounced tremor whom he imagines as a kind of boat-woman escorting pedestrians across the River Styx\, a friend&rsquo\;s unabashed use of air quotes\, the silent n od of acknowledgment between black people. And more than any other subject \, Gay celebrates the beauty of the natural world. \;
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