by Ross Gay (Author)

Bringing the Shovel Down is a re-imagination of the violent mythologies of state and power.

Author Biography

Ross Gay is assistant professor of English at Indiana University and author of the poetry collection Against Which. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, Margie: The American Journal of Poetry, Ploughshares, and Sou'wester, among other publications. Gay also teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Drew University and is a Cave Canem fellow.