Indiana-based poet Ross Gay is the winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. His most recent collection is The Book of Delights (2019). He is a founding board member of the Bloomington Community Orchard, a non-profit, free-fruit-for-all food justice and joy project, and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He will speak at UVM’s Livak Ballroom from 4 to 5:30 p.m.