How rethinking these often twee concepts can change your life and maybe the world.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rossgay.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ross Gay</a> is the author of four books of poetry: <a href="https://www.rossgay.net/against-which" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Against Which</a>; <a href="https://www.rossgay.net/bringing-the-shovel-down" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bringing the Shovel Down</a>; <a href="https://www.rossgay.net/be-holding" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Be Holding</a>, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and <a href="https://www.rossgay.net/catalog-of-unabashed-gratitude" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude</a>, winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award and the 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. In addition to his poetry, Ross has released three collections of essays—<a href="https://www.rossgay.net/the-book-of-delights" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Book of Delights</a> was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller; <a href="https://www.rossgay.net/inciting-joy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Inciting Joy</a> was released in 2022, and his newest collection, <a href="https://www.rossgay.net/the-book-of-more-delights" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Book of (More) Delights</a> was released in September of 2023.In this episode we talk about:<ul><li>What got Ross interested in the subject of delight</li><li>How noting delight can be a tool for counter programming against our negativity bias</li><li>Why Ross argues that there is an ethical component to delight</li><li>The benefits of writing by hand</li><li>How both using a smartphone and rushing can be delight blockers</li><li>The difference between delight and joy&nbsp;</li><li>What he means when he refers to the “offenses of joy”</li><li>And the connection between grief and joy&nbsp;</li></ul>Full Shownotes: <a href="https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/ross-gay" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tenpercent.com/tph/podcast-episode/ross-gay</a>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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