{"product_id":"book-g45j","title":"Inciting Joy","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Ross Gay comes an intimate and electrifying collection of essays about the joy that comes from connection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Brilliant. \u003ci\u003eInciting Joy\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will break your heart.” —Ada Limón, US poet laureate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A gift that’s meant to be shared.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “It’s impossible to read [these essays] without feeling a shift in your awareness of joy and its unexpected possibilities.” ―\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In these gorgeously written and timely pieces, prizewinning poet and author Ross Gay considers the joy we incite when we care for each other, especially during life’s inevitable hardships. Throughout \u003ci\u003eInciting Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, he explores how we can practice recognizing that connection, and also, crucially, how we can expand it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taking a clear-eyed look at injustice, political polarization, and the destruction of the natural world, Gay shows us how we might resist, how the study of joy might lead us to a wild, unpredictable, transgressive, and unboundaried solidarity. In fact, it just might help us survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In an era when divisive voices take up so much airspace,\u003ci\u003e Inciting Joy\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vital alternative: What might be possible if we turn our attention to what brings us together, to what we love?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Memoir\/ Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003eBest Adult Books of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Salon.com Favorite Books of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Favorite \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003eBest Audiobooks of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348695949616,"sku":"BDg45j","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49348696015152,"sku":"ZEg45j","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49348696178992,"sku":"ZMg45j","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/g45j-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771662936","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-g45j","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}