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SUMMARY:Inciting Joy: A Conversation with Ross Gay
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DESCRIPTION:Ross Gay\, American poet and New York Times best-selling essay
 ist\, kicks off a new year with his forthcoming book\, Inciting Joy. .\nht
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Kick off your new year with a conversation
  about joy with best-selling essayist and award-winning poet Ross Gay. An 
 exploration of the joy we incite when we turn our attention to what we lov
 e and what brings us together\, Ross will discuss his most recent collecti
 on of essays\, Inciting Joy\, with performance poet Dan &ldquo\;Sully&rdqu
 o\; Sullivan. <br /><br />Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: 
 Against Which\; Bringing the Shovel Down\; Be Holding\, winner of the PEN 
 American Literary Jean Stein Award\; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude\, 
 winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsle
 y Tufts Poetry Award. His first collection of essays\, The Book of Delight
 s\, was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller. <br /><br />
 Dan &ldquo\;Sully&rdquo\; Sullivan is a three-time Chicago Poetry Slam Cha
 mpion. His poems and performances have been featured on HBO Def Poetry Jam
 \, WGN Morning News\, and National Public Radio. Sully&rsquo\;s first full
 -length book of poems\, The Blue Line Home\, is available from EM-Press.â
 €‹</p>\n<p>This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present\,
  a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering high-quality ev
 ents.</p>\n<p>Illinois Libraries Present is committed to inclusion and acc
 essibility. To request accommodations\, please email illinoislibrariespres
 ent@gmail.com.</p>\n<p>--------------------</p>\n<p>Because this recording
  will be recorded for future viewing on the Illinois Libraries Present You
 Tube page\, please review the following:</p>\n<p>I acknowledge my particip
 ation (or my child&rsquo\;s participation) in this virtual program include
 s the recording of this program which may include my name as listed on my 
 account\, images and/or video footage. I grant Illinois Libraries Present 
 my permission to use the photographs and/or video footage for any legal us
 e\, including but not limited to: publicity\, copyright purposes\, illustr
 ation\, advertising\, and web content.</p>\n<p>Furthermore\, I understand 
 that no royalty\, fee or other compensation shall become payable to me by 
 reason of such use.</p>\n<p>---------------------</p>\n<p>Illinois Librari
 es Present is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Libr
 ary\, a department of the Office of Secretary of State\, using funds provi
 ded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services\, under the provi
 sions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).</p>\nhttps://auro
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