Dog-Eared Books Official Book Club

When: Thursday, April 20, 10 AM
Where: Dog-Eared Books

In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prizewinning 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.

In ā€œWe Kinā€ he thinks about the garden (especially around August, when the zucchini and tomatoes come on) as a laboratory of mutual aid; in ā€œShare Your Bucketā€ he explores skateboarding’s reclamation of public space; he considers the costs of masculinity in ā€œGrief Suiteā€; and in ā€œThrough My Tears I Saw,ā€ he recognizes what was healed in caring for his father as he was dying.

In an era when divisive voices take up so much air space, Inciting Joy offers a vital alternative: What might be possible if we turn our attention to what brings us together, to what we love? Full of energy, curiosity, and compassion, Inciting Joy is essential reading from one of our most brilliant writers.

Purchase a copy to read, or grab it from the library, and join us April 20, for a thoughtful and entertaining discussion about Inciting Joyby Ross Gay. This book club is free to anyone who wishes to participate. No registration necessary.

Content Warnings for Official Book Club 2023

Content Warnings for Inciting Joy
Content Warnings for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Content Warnings for Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

Dates and books of upcoming 2023 Dog-Eared Books Official Book Club:

April 20 at 10 AM
Inciting Joy by Ross Gay
May 18 at 10 AM
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
June 15 at 10 AM
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm by Laura Warrell

 

 

 

 

 

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