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A review by moserk
Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
When I tell you I placed an obscene amount of flags in this book...I'm underestimating.
This collection covers many topics, prompts much thought/future reading, and elicits nearly every emotion. I laughed. I cried. I grieved past losses. I celebrated areas of joy.
Ross Gay says it himself: he is a fan of digression. Each essay is layered with tangential footnotes (some spanning multiple pages) that I came to love, even when I became confused and required a re-read. These might reference other works (art inspires art, ya know), but most often provide a side-story/thought that deepens Ross Gay's already personal account on joy, its connection to (reliance on??) acknowledging grief/pain/sorrow, and our connection with those around us.
Make Beautiful Shit Together.
This collection covers many topics, prompts much thought/future reading, and elicits nearly every emotion. I laughed. I cried. I grieved past losses. I celebrated areas of joy.
Ross Gay says it himself: he is a fan of digression. Each essay is layered with tangential footnotes (some spanning multiple pages) that I came to love, even when I became confused and required a re-read. These might reference other works (art inspires art, ya know), but most often provide a side-story/thought that deepens Ross Gay's already personal account on joy, its connection to (reliance on??) acknowledging grief/pain/sorrow, and our connection with those around us.
Make Beautiful Shit Together.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief