Be Holding
A Poem

This poem is beautiful. I, personally, often or sometimes have trouble seeing the beauty in nature, but what Ross Gay does here is use the elaborate gardens of nature and growth as the basis for human connection; as well as the perfect segue to twist (like the roots of a tree) scenes into other scen......more

Ross Gay tucks several scenes from several photos under the arch of "the move" of Dr. J driving to the basket in a game against the Lakers in the 1980 NBA Finals. Was I holding my breath throughout this book? Yes. And Gay knew it would happen, so he reminds us readers to breath throughout this poem.......more

Not sure how he does it, but Ross Gay's epic poem starts with one of most stunning plays of basketball history and then, like watching YouTube clips late at night, he guides us down emotional wormholes where we relive personal moments of his mother and father, and we can't look away. The physical an......more

As I write this, it makes me a little bit angry and sad that this book has only 31 ratings and 6 reviews, as this should be required reading for everyone who professes to be human. Ross Gay has perfected the art of writing about one thing and everything at the same time. THus, f you are interested a......more