Learn about 'Inciting Joy' with poet Ross Gay Jan. 11

Kick off your new year with a conversation about joy with best-selling essayist and award-winning poet Ross Gay.

Ross will discuss his most recent collection of essays, "Inciting Joy," with performance poet Dan "Sully" Sullivan.

It will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, on Zoom.

Gay is the author of four books of poetry: "Against Which"; "Bringing 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.

His first collection of essays, "The Book of Delights" (2019), was a New York Times bestseller.

Dan "Sully" Sullivan is a three-time Chicago Poetry Slam Champion. His poems and performances have been featured on HBO Def Poetry Jam, WGN Morning News, and National Public Radio. Sully's first full-length book of poems, "The Blue Line Home," is available from EM-Press.

Registration is now open for this virtual event. Sign up for the Zoom link via the participating libraries.

This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. It is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act.

To request accommodations, email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com.

This program will take place online on Zoom. After registering, you will receive a link to the Zoom webinar in advance of the program.