{"product_id":"attempted-preservation-of-the-glittering-self-9798998805578","title":"Attempted Preservation of the Glittering Self","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree men - or maybe one man, glimpsed three times - are trying to hold themselves together in a world that keeps finding new ways to pull them apart. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAttempted Preservation of the Glittering Self\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a triptych of one-act plays about the strange, funny, and occasionally cosmologically catastrophic work of trying to remain, somehow, yourself-in a world dominated by systems built, with great precision and for great profit, to ensure you never do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLioness II: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn adult novelty store in Times Square must reinvent itself by doubling as a trendy restaurant to stay afloat, while a seemingly ordinary dinner date spirals toward an impossible revelation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoodbye Cat Gentleman: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recent divorcé attempts to re-enter the dating world, but an obsession with Delia's catalogs from the 1990s threatens to consume his future before he can escape his past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFracture's Void: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter losing his job at an AI start-up, a man receives an impossible opportunity: to travel back in time and reverse the worst decision of his life-backing out of a Craigslist vampire conversion in a JCPenney parking lot on October 10th, 2010. Instead, he uncovers a truth so devastating it transcends death itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFramed by a critical introduction from the oracular sub-underground poet Calder Penn, these three plays can be read separately or together. Each play stands entirely on its own or can be seen collectively as the life of a singular person appearing chronologically across time. In \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAttempted Preservation of the Glittering Self\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the questions are profound, the stakes are real, but the trilogy is optional. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zabriskie Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998805578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Brent Henry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52801393197237,"sku":"9798998805578","price":10.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/attempted-preservation-of-the-glittering-self-9798998805578","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}