Ross Gay
Poet

Wednesday, Nov. 8 – 6 p.m.
Reading
Charles Library, Event Space
 

Ross Gay was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and grew up just outside of Philadelphia. He earned a BA from Lafayette College, an MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, and a PhD in English from Temple University. He 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, he has released three collections of essays: The Book of Delights, which was a New York Times bestseller; Inciting Joy; and his newest collection, The Book of (More) Delights, which will be released in September 2023. He was the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship. 

The Poets & Writers Series is sponsored by the Temple University MFA Program in Creative Writing, with the assistance of the Department of English. Each year a number of poets and fiction writers are invited to read from and discuss their work to members of both the Temple community and the local Philadelphia arts scene. All events are free and open to the public.