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NEA Big Read – Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay

Fishtrap celebrates Ross Gay’s Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude for the 2024 NEA Big Read
Weekly events and discussions February and March 2024 

A poet, educator, and community gardener, Ross Gay tends to joy as one would an orchard—from seedlings to harvest, through all seasons of growth. In his collection, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, Gay demonstrates the practice of gratitude while never losing sight of the loss that animates it. He draws readers in with flesh and fruit in poems that“feel bold and wild and weird” (American Poetry Review). “Almost no one has the faith Gay seems to have in poetry’s ability to tap grace from the happenings of his life…” (Paris Review). Reading the book “feels like the first time you open the window in spring. That first chilly air. The sun on the sill” (Poetry Foundation). “Whether you’re feeling like you have a whole brass band of gratitude or if you’re feeling like you only have a rusty horn, read this book” (National Book Critics Circle).

Find out more about the NEA program here.

See the Big Read schedule of events here
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Online ticket sales will end at noon,
Tuesday, March 12.
Tickets will also be available at the door.

NEA Big Read Schedule of Events

NEA Big Read Kickoff

Sunday, February 18
Fishtrap’s NEA Big Read Kickoff
with Oregon Poet Laureate, Anis Mojgani

4:00pm
Fishtrap – 107 W. Main St. Enterprise and online at Fishtrap.org
Free Admission – All Ages Welcome

Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani cites Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay as one of his favorite poetry collections. Join us as Anis shares the joy of Ross Gay’s poems and reads some of his inspirational awarding-winning works too.
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FINALE with Ross Gay

Tuesday, March 12
NEA Big Read Finale and Keynote with author Ross Gay
7:00pm
OK Theatre – 208 W Main St, Enterprise
Tickets: $15 ($12.50 For Fishtrappers) $5 Students
Tickets go on sale February 18
All Ages Welcome

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Reading Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude “feels like the first time you open the window in spring.” – Poetry Foundation

Join poet, educator, and community gardener Ross Gay for a warm evening of poems and inspiration. Ross Gay tends to joy as one would tend an orchard—from seedlings to harvest, through all seasons of growth. In his collection, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, Gay demonstrates the practice of gratitude while never losing sight of the loss that animates it. Fishtrap Writer-in-Residence Jason Graham, a.k.a. MOsley WOtta, will open the evening.

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