Bringing the Shovel Down
By Ross Gay
2011
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Bringing the Shovel Down is a re-imagination of the violent mythologies of state and power.
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Author
Ross Gay
Author · 10 books
Ross Gay is the author of Against Which, Bringing the Shovel Down, and Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Orion, the Sun, and elsewhere. He is an associate professor of poetry at Indiana University and teaches in Drew University’s low-residency MFA program in poetry. He also serves on the board of the Bloomington Community Orchard.
