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词条 Ross Gay
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  1. Life

  2. Awards and honors

  3. Works

  4. Appearances on reality television shows

  5. References

  6. External links

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Ross Gay is an American poet and professor.

Life

Ross Gay, a leading American poet, was born August 1, 1974 in Youngstown, Ohio, but he grew up in Levittown, Pennsylvania.[1] He received his B.A. from Lafayette College, his MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College,[2] and his Ph.D. in American Literature from Temple University, and is a founding editor, with Karissa Chen and Patrick Rosal, of the online sports magazine Some Call it Ballin', in addition to being an editor with the chapbook presses Q Avenue and Ledge Mule Press. He is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project.

He has taught poetry, art and literature at Lafayette College in Easton, PA and Montclair State University in New Jersey. He now teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and the low-residency MFA in poetry program at Drew University.[3][4]

His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Columbia: A Journal of Poetry and Art, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry and Atlanta Review, and in anthologies including From the Fishouse (Persea Books, 2009).[5] His essays have appeared in The Paris Review. His honors include being a Cave Canem Workshop fellow and a Bread Loaf Writers Conference Tuition Scholar, and he received a grant from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts.[6][7]

Awards and honors

  • 2015 National Book Award for Poetry, finalist for Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude[8]
  • 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award (Poetry), winner for Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude.[9]
  • 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, winner for Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude[10]

Works

  • {{cite book|title=Against Which|date=October 2006|publisher=CavanKerry Press|isbn=978-1-933880-00-6}}
  • {{cite book|title=Bringing the Shovel Down|date=23 January 2011|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|isbn=978-0-8229-9119-9}}
  • {{cite book|title=Lace and Pyrite: Letters from Two Gardens|date=2014|publisher=Organic Weapon Arts|isbn=978-0-9827106-7-8}}
  • {{cite book|title=River|date=1 December 2014|publisher=Monster House Press}}
  • {{cite book|title=Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude|date=16 January 2015|publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press|isbn=978-0822963318}}
  • {{cite book|title=The Book of Delights: Essays|date=12 February 2019|publisher=Algonquin Books|isbn=978-1616207922}}
In Anthology
  • {{cite book|title=Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology|editor=Melissa Tuckey|date=2018|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0820353159}}

Appearances on reality television shows

  • A Dating Story, Episode 110: Jason, Brooke and Ross

References

1. ^The Southeast Review > Antidote to Distraction: An Interview with Ross Gay
2. ^Lafayette College > Alumni News > Ross Gay '96 Returns to Help Students
3. ^Indiana University > IU Newsroom > October 15, 2009 >
IU Poet Ross Gay Shares His 'Waves of Inspiration'
4. ^Indiana University - Bloomington > Department of English Faculty > Ross Gay
5. ^Persea Books Website > “From the Fishouse’’ Book Page
6. ^Interview:
The Cortland Review > Issue 41, November 2008 > A Conversation with Ross Gay by Joanna Penn Cooper
7. ^Indiana University > IU Newsroom > October 15, 2009 >
IU Poet Ross Gay Shares His 'Waves of Inspiration'
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2015|title=2015 National Book Awards|work=www.nationalbook.org|accessdate=8 July 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/business/the-sellout-wins-national-book-critics-circles-fiction-award.html |title=‘The Sellout’ Wins National Book Critics Circle’s Fiction Award |work=New York Times |author=Alexandra Alter |date=March 17, 2016 |accessdate=March 18, 2016}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-awards/winners-finalists/previous-winners-finalists/#2016|title=Previous Winners & Finalists — Tufts Poetry Awards|work=Tufts Poetry Awards|accessdate=8 July 2018}}

External links

  • Essay: Some Thoughts on Mercy
  • Audio Interview: NHPR > Poet Ross Gay Interviewed by Liz Bulkley > Friday, February 23, 2007
  • Audio Reading: Ross Gay Reads for From the Fishouse
  • Interview: The Cortland Review > Issue 41, November 2008 > A Conversation with Ross Gay by Joanna Penn Cooper
  • Author Page: CavanKerry Press > Author Ross Gay
  • Poem: The American Poetry Review > Vol. 35, No. 5 > Two Bikers Embrace on Broad Street by Ross Gay
  • Ploughshares > Authors > Ross Gay
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