TY - BOOK AU - Gay,Ross TI - The book of delights SN - 9781616207922 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - PS3607 .A9857 Z66 2019 U1 - 814/.6 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Chapel Hill, North Carolina PB - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill KW - Gay, Ross, KW - Life KW - Joy KW - American essays KW - Essays KW - lcgft N1 - My birthday, kinda --; Inefficiency --; Flower in the curb --; Blowing it off --; Hole in the head --; Remission still --; Praying mantis --; The negreeting --; The high-five from strangers, etc. --; Writing by hand --; Transplanting --; Nichnames; Ages 16 & up; Grades 11 & up N2 - "Author Ross Gay spent a year writing almost-daily essays about the things, large and small, that delight him"-- ER -