There’s a question floating around the world right now: how can we be joyful in a moment like this? To which Ross Gay responds, in word and deed: how can we not be joyful, especially in a moment like this? We practice tenderness and mercy, in part, because to understand that we are all suffering is one quality of what Ross Gay calls “adult joy.”

He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, where he’s a professor of English at Indiana University. His books include the poetry collection, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, and a book of essays, The Book of Delights. He co-founded The Tenderness Project together with Shayla Lawson.

The episode last aired on March 26, 2020.

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