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The Big Read 2023 Book Discussion

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
2023-04-22 15:00:00 2023-04-22 16:00:00 America/New_York The Big Read 2023 Book Discussion Join us for a discussion of this year's Big Read title, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, an award-winning poetry collection by poet, educator and community gardener Ross Gay. Free copies of the book are available while supplies last (one per participant). Registration is required. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-222-2149 or centenof@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+ Lakes of the Meadow Branch -

Saturday, April 22
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-04-22 15:00:00 2023-04-22 16:00:00 America/New_York The Big Read 2023 Book Discussion Join us for a discussion of this year's Big Read title, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, an award-winning poetry collection by poet, educator and community gardener Ross Gay. Free copies of the book are available while supplies last (one per participant). Registration is required. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-222-2149 or centenof@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+ Lakes of the Meadow Branch -

Join us for a discussion of this year's Big Read title, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, an award-winning poetry collection by poet, educator and community gardener Ross Gay. Free copies of the book are available while supplies last (one per participant). Registration is required. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-222-2149 or centenof@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+

About the Author

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 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award). His first collection of essays, The Book of Delights, was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller. His new collection of essays, Inciting Joy, will be released by Algonquin in October of 2022.

AGE GROUP: | Adult (19+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Reading & Literacy | In-Person | Conversation Circles | Book Clubs |

TAGS: | The Big Read 2023 Book Discussion | Poetry | Literature | In-Person |

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