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Ross Gay is an American poet and professor. ==Life== Ross Gay was born August 1, 1974 to a Black father and white mother in Youngstown, Ohio, but he grew up in Levittown, Pennsylvania.〔(The Southeast Review > ''Antidote to Distraction: An Interview with Ross Gay'' )〕 He received his B.A. from Lafayette College, his MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College,〔(Lafayette College > Alumni News > Ross Gay '96 Returns to Help Students'' )〕 and his Ph.D. in American Literature from Temple University, and is a founding editor, with Karissa Chen and Patrick Rosal, of the online sports magazine (Some Call it Ballin' ), in addition to being an editor with the chapbook presses (Q Avenue ) and (Ledge Mule Press ). He is a founding board member of the (Bloomington Community Orchard ), a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project. He has taught poetry, art and literature at Lafayette College in Easton, PA and Montclair State University in New Jersey. He now teaches at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and the low-residency MFA in poetry program at Drew University.〔(Indiana University > IU Newsroom > October 15, 2009 > ''IU Poet Ross Gay Shares His 'Waves of Inspiration' '' )〕〔(Indiana University - Bloomington > Department of English Faculty > Ross Gay )〕 His poems have appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''American Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Columbia: A Journal of Poetry and Art, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry'' and ''Atlanta Review,'' and in anthologies including ''From the Fishouse'' (Persea Books, 2009).〔(Persea Books Website > “From the Fishouse’’ Book Page )〕 His honors include being a Cave Canem Workshop fellow and a Bread Loaf Writers Conference Tuition Scholar, and he received a grant from the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts.〔(Interview: ''The Cortland Review'' > Issue 41, November 2008 > ''A Conversation with Ross Gay by Joanna Penn Cooper'' )〕〔(Indiana University > IU Newsroom > October 15, 2009 > ''IU Poet Ross Gay Shares His 'Waves of Inspiration' '' )〕 His collection, ''Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude'' (2015) was named a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ross Gay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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