Reading with Ross Gay, part of the Lane Lecture Series

The Creative Writing Program is pleased to announce the next event in the Lane Lecture Series: A Reading with Ross Gay.

This event is open to Stanford affiliates and the general public. Registration is encouraged but not required. Register here

NO PHOTOS--The author prefers to only have photos made during the performances. Please no photos or "selfies" in book-signing lines, after readings, before readings, between events, etc. ONLY during the performance.

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Ross Gay is interested in joy.

Ross Gay wants to understand joy.

Ross Gay is curious about joy.

Ross Gay studies joy.

Something like that.

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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. In addition to his poetry, Ross has released three collections of essays—The Book of Delights was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller; Inciting Joy was released in 2022, and his newest collection, The Book of (More) Delights was released in September of 2023.