Ross Gay in Conversation with Ashley C. Ford

Golden Hour Books is thrilled to welcome poet and essayist Ross Gay, in conversation with New York Times bestselling author, Ashley C. Ford, on Thursday, October 10th, at 7:30PM. This event will also be the first stop on Ross Gay's tour to celebrate the paperback release of his two most recent books, Inciting Joy, and The Book of (More) Delights.

To accomodate the large crowd and interest in this terrific event, the conversation will be held at The Speakeasy, located at 5255 N Winthrop Ave, just two blocks from Golden Hour. An after party at Golden Hour Books will follow.

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Ross Gay is the author of four books of poetry: Against Which; Bringing the Shovel Down; Be Holding, winner of the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award; and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, 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—The Book of Delights was released in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller; Inciting Joy was released in 2022, and his newest collection, The Book of (More) Delights was released in September of 2023.

Ashley C. Ford is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter, published by Flatiron Books and An Oprah Book. She is also the former co-host of The HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio, and the current host of Ben & Jerry’s Into The Mix.

Ford has written or guest-edited for The New York Times, The Guardian, ELLE Magazine, BuzzFeed, OUT Magazine, Slate, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, Allure, Marie Claire, Netflix Queue, Real Simple, Cup of Jo, and numerous other web and print publications. In addition to writing and hosting podcasts, she also developed special projects for companies like Medium.Com, Mailchimp Presents, Condé Nast Entertainment, and MasterCard.

She's taught creative nonfiction at The New School in Manhattan, Aspen Summer Words, The Hedgebrook Conference, and served as Ball State University’s Writer-In-Residence.

She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, poet and fiction writer Kelly Stacy, and their chocolate lab Astro Renegade Ford-Stacy.

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