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The 2025 Emily Dickinson Lectureship in American Poetry presents Ross Gay

Thursday, October 16, 2025
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 140 Curtain Road
The 2025 Emily Dickinson Lectureship in American Poetry presents Ross Gay

Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against WhichBringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. In addition to his poetry, Ross has released three collections of essays—The Book of Delights was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller; Inciting Joy was released in 2022, and his newest collection, The Book of (More) Delights was released in September of 2023.

Ross Gay sits outside wearing a turquoise t-shirt and holds his chin.
Ross Gay sits outside wearing a turquoise t-shirt and holds his chin.
Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, 140 Curtain Road

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