"On the day he turned 42, the writer Ross Gay set himself a challenge. Every day
for a year, he would write an essay about something delightful. He wrote about
nicknames, fireflies, reckless air quotes. And about a hundred of those essays
are now collected in his new book appropriately enough titled "The Book Of
Delights." When he came into our studios, Ross Gay told me that finding those
delights turned out to be easier than he expected."
Hear more from Ross Gay in this NPR interview.
