{"product_id":"plough-quarterly-no-20-edwidge-danticat-9780874862874","title":"Plough Quarterly No. 20 - The Welcome Table","description":"\u003cb\u003eFood - how it's grown, how it's shared - makes us who we are. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis issue traces the connections between farm and food,  between humus and human. According to the first book of the Bible, tending the earth was humankind's first task: \"The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed\" (Gen. 2:8). The desire to get one's hands dirty raising one's own food, then, doesn't just come from modern romanticism, but is built into human nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe title, \"The Welcome Table,\" \u003c\/b\u003ecomes from a spiritual first sung by enslaved African-Americans. The song refers to the Bible's closing scene, the wedding feast of the Lamb described in the Book of Revelation, to which every race, tribe, and tongue are invited - a divine pledge of a day of freedom and freely shared plenty, of earth renewed and humanity restored. In the case of food, the symbol is the substance. Every meal, if shared generously and with radical hospitality, is already now a taste of the feast to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso in this issue: \u003c\/b\u003epoetry by Luci Shaw; reviews of books by Julia Child, Robert Farrar Capon, Peter Mayle, Albert Woodfox, and Maria von Trapp; and art by Michael Naples, Sieger K der, Carl Juste, Andr  Chung,  ngel Bracho, Winslow Homer, Raymond Logan, Sybil Andrews, Cameron Davidson, and Jason Landsel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlough Quarterly \u003c\/i\u003efeatures \u003c\/b\u003estories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common cause with others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edwidge Danticat, Sarah Ruden, Daniel Larison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874862876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874862874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Plough Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Edwidge Danticat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989634842879,"sku":"9780874862874","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cce8d260-f83b-4715-b8f7-a132d9b05662.jpg?v=1683300624","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plough-quarterly-no-20-edwidge-danticat-9780874862874","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}