The Garden’s Delights, With Ross Gay – A Way to Garden, With Margaret Roach – Sept. 25, 2023

<p>The words joy and delight figure prominently in writer Ross Gay’s work – and so do moments he spends in his garden, and descriptions of his relationship to plants.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is that a coincidence -- that the garden is a main character in his books, books with the titles “Inciting Joy,” and “The Book of Delights,” and the latest, “The Book of (More) Delights”?&nbsp;</p> <p>As a longtime gardener who finds both joy and delight in my life outdoors, I don’t think so. It’s no surprise to me at all that from garlic and sweet potato harvest times to devouring a fresh fig from a friend’s tree, Ross Gay finds himself positively delighted. I wanted you to meet Ross and his work, and hear about what he’s up to in his Indiana garden.&nbsp;</p> <p>Gay’s four books of poetry and three of essays have won him much praise. He teaches writing at Indiana University in Bloomington, too, where he also gardens.</p>