{"product_id":"9781643753959","title":"Inciting Joy: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Ross Gay comes a \"brilliant\" intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection (Ada Limón, U.S. poet laureate).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prizewinning poet and author Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during life’s inevitable hardships. Throughout \u003ci\u003eInciting Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, he explores how we can practice recognizing that connection, and also, crucially, how we can expand it.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taking a clear-eyed look at injustice, political polarization, and the destruction of the natural world, Gay shows us how we might resist, how the study of joy might lead us to a wild, unpredictable, transgressive, and unboundaried solidarity. In fact, it just might help us survive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In an era when divisive voices take up so much airspace, \u003ci\u003eInciting Joy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vital alternative: What might be possible if we turn our attention to what brings us together, to what we love?   \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918045692144,"sku":"9781643753959","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781643753959_p0.jpg?v=1763687453","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781643753959","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}