The Book of Delights

I love this book and I knew I would going in. Gay's writing is both enthusiastic and nuanced. Delights are contextual, and Ross Gay enumerates and contextualizes each pleasure. Some are heartwarming, some funny, and some delights are bittersweet— Still Processing gives me shivers every time.

The best part, though, is finding your own delights reflected in the essayettes. (Rothko Backboard made my partner cackle because he HAS burst into tears over a Rothko— and learning that was a delight itself.)