Ross Gay | |
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 Ross Gay at Split This Rock 2016 | |
| Born | (1974-08-01)August 1, 1974 (age 50) Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor, founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Lafayette College, Sarah Lawrence College, Temple University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Against Which (2006),Bringing the Shovel Down (2011),Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (2014) |
| Notable awards | 2016 Kingsley Tufts Award, 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, 2015 National Book Award Finalist, 2015 Radcliffe Fellow, 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Cave Canem Fellow |
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Ross Gay (born August 1, 1974) is an American poet, essayist, and professor of English atIndiana University who won theNational Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and theKingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his 2014 bookCatalog of Unabashed Gratitude, which was also a finalist for theNational Book Award for Poetry.
Ross Gay was born on August 1, 1974, inYoungstown, Ohio, but he grew up inLevittown, Pennsylvania.[1]
He received his B.A. fromLafayette College, his MFA in poetry fromSarah Lawrence College,[2] and his Ph.D. in American Literature fromTemple University.
He is a founding editor, with Karissa Chen and Patrick Rosal, of the online sports magazineSome Call it Ballin'. He is also an editor with thechapbook presses Q Avenue and Ledge Mule Press. He is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-allfood justice and joy project.
He has taught poetry, art, and literature atLafayette College inEaston, Pennsylvania, andMontclair State University inNew Jersey. He now teaches atIndiana University Bloomington and the low-residency MFA in poetry program atDrew University.[3][4]
His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines includingThe American Poetry Review;Harvard Review;Columbia: A Journal of Poetry;Art, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry; andAtlanta Review. His poetry has also appeared in anthologies includingFrom the Fishouse (Persea Books, 2009).[5] His essays have appeared inThe Paris Review.
His honors include being aCave Canem Workshop fellow and aBread Loaf Writers' Conference Tuition Scholar, and he received a grant from thePennsylvania Council of the Arts.[6][7]
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2015 | Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude | National Book Award | Poetry | Shortlisted | [8] |
| National Book Critics Circle Award | Poetry | Won | [9] | ||
| 2016 | The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards | Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award | Won | [10] | |
| NAACP Image Awards | Poetry | Nominated | [11] | ||
| Ohioana Book Award | Poetry | Shortlisted | |||
| 2020 | The Book of Delights | Indiana Authors Award | Nonfiction | Won | [12] |
| 2021 | Be Holding: A Poem | Ohioana Book Award | Poetry | Shortlisted | |
| PEN/Jean Stein Book Award | — | Won | [13] | ||
| 2022 | Indiana Authors Award | Poetry | Won | [14] | |
| 2023 | Inciting Joy: Essays | Hurston/Wright Legacy Award | Memoir/Biography | Won | [15] |
| Ohioana Book Award | Nonfiction | Won | |||
| 2024 | The Book of (More) Delights: Essays | Ohioana Book Award | Nonfiction | Shortlisted |
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