Ross Gay
Ross Gay (born August 1, 1974) is an American poet, essayist, and professor who won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for his 2014 book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, which was also a finalist for the National Book Award for Poetry.
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Ross Gay at Split This Rock 2016 | |
| Born | August 1, 1974 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor, founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Lafayette College, Sarah Lawrence College, Temple University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Against Which (2006), Bringing the Shovel Down (2011), Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (2014) |
| Notable awards | 2016 Kingsley Tufts Award, 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, 2015 National Book Award Finalist, 2015 Radcliffe Fellow, 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Cave Canem Fellow |
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