{"product_id":"the-gathering-9781632432261","title":"The Gathering","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry that serves as a broad collection of historical incidents and considers how we weigh and value events.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed for a sura of the Quran, \u003ci\u003eThe Gathering \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic in cantos that indiscriminately records deeds and events that have taken place on this earth. Its speaker--a nearly omniscient archivist--is propelled by a force more elemental than causation to visit moments and subjects, moving swiftly through thoughts, physiologies, and environments. Under an imperative to record everything encountered--however small, cruel, or sad--the archivist must grant radically equal weight to each thing. Yet as these entries accumulate, a strange significance accrues, and the negligible seems necessary. Each mundane fragment of life finds consolation. What was, was; what happened, got to happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Omnidawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632432261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Sherah Bloor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53241192612021,"sku":"9781632432261","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-gathering-9781632432261","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}