Ross Gay
Algonquin Books, 304 pages | Published September 19, 2023
Based on the stories I’ve heard, my husband’s grandmother was known for her consistently clean plate. Zelma would even lick her finger and collect crumbs from the latex-covered tablecloth around her. As I finished Ross Gay’s new book of essays, The Book of (More) Delights, I felt similarly – doing my best to gather every morsel of language in this catalog of daily...
