In this anxious and contentious time, when you are looking for a gift of uplift for a graduate or for a parent on Mother’s or Father’s Day, look no further than The Book of Delights by Ross Gay. Here’s a man who made a deliberate decision to seek out each day something to delight in. He captures those moments, however fleeting, in a collection of lyric essays. They are brief; most are a page or less. It’s the sort of thing that could go saccharine, but Ross Gay’s essays are piercingly honest and true-hearted. It has inspired me to look on my world with a more generous eye and search, amid the toxic flotsam of the moment, for things to treasure in my fellow humans.
–Rosanne, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR
Find your delight at Annie Bloom’s Books and other independent bookstores.