About the poet: Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Ross Gay (born in Youngstown, Ohio) is a poet and essayist whose work explores joy, grief, Black American life, and the radical possibilities of delight with exuberant lyric energy. He received his MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and his PhD from Temple University. His debut collection Against Which (CavanKerry Press, 2006) was followed by Bringing the Shovel Down (Pittsburgh, 2011) and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pittsburgh, 2015), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. His essay collection The Book of Delights (Algonquin, 2019) was a New York Times bestseller. He is a professor at Indiana University Bloomington and a founding editor of the Bloomington Community Orchard.
See more in this collection »Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a Filipino-Indian American poet and essayist who draws on the natural world and multicultural heritage to explore love, wonder, and belonging. She received her BA and MFA from Ohio State University and is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Mississippi. She is the author of five poetry collections, including Miracle Fruit (Tupelo Press, 2003), winner of the Tupelo Press Prize and the Global Filipino Literary Award; Oceanic (Copper Canyon Press, 2018), winner of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award; and Night Owl (Ecco, 2026). Her essay collection World of Wonders (Milkweed Editions, 2020) was a New York Times bestseller. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow.
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