&#8220;I can&#8217;t stop/ my gratitude, which includes, dear reader,/ you, for staying here with me&#8221;
Ross Gay is a contemporary American poet, born in Youngstown, Ohio, who tackles the pleasures in life in his work. He has written, and this list is by no means exhaustive, about joy, delight, gratitude, sports, gardening, love, and community. He is the author of several poetry and essay collections, including the 2015 poetry collection A Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, which won the National Book Critics Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry. He currently teaches writing and literature at Indiana University.