{"product_id":"2940170734665","title":"The Book of Delights: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe winner of the NBCC Award for Poetry offers up a spirited collection of short lyric essays, written daily over a tumultuous year, reminding us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoss Gay¿s \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Delights\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-defying collection of essays amp;mdash; some as short as a paragraph; some as long as five pages amp;mdash; that record the small joys that occurred in one year, from birthday to birthday, and that we often overlook in our busy lives. His is a meditation on delight that takes a clear-eyed view of the complexities, even the terrors, in his life, including living in America as a black man; the ecological and psychic violence of our consumer culture; the loss of those he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105113194736,"sku":"2940170734665","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170734665_p0.jpg?v=1763816396","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170734665","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}