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Ross gay gratitude poem6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Recalling how pleasant it is to sleep in one’s clothes veers off into an unsettling meditation that does not shy away from a certain darkness:īeneath a façade of effervescent joy, subtle defamiliarization is at work here: the tranquil familiarity of sleep is disturbed here by considerations of death and violence. Buttoning one’s shirt leads one to ponder on the fragility of things. Here, the most mundane things acquire profound significance and can convey nuanced reflections on race, gender, and sexuality. Ferociously earnest and jubilant, Ross Gay’s third collection is not simply an ode to finding gratitude for the things we usually take for granted: it is a triumphant declaration of love for the world we live in. ![]() ![]() There may be effusion in Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, but there’s definitely no mawkishness, no syrupy sentimentalism. ![]()
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