{"product_id":"woolgathering-patti-smith-9780811231251","title":"Woolgathering","description":"The National Book Award-winner Patti Smith updates her treasure box of a childhood memoir about \"clear unspeakable joy\" and \"just the wish to know\" with a radiant new afterword, written during the pandemic and reflecting on current times. This expanded paperback edition also includes new photographs by the author.\u003cbr\u003e A great book about becoming an artist, \u003cem\u003eWoolgathering\u003c\/em\u003e tells of a child finding herself as she learns the noble vocation of woolgathering, \"a worthy calling that seemed a good job for me.\" She discovers--often at night, often in nature--the pleasures of rescuing \"a fleeting thought.\" \u003cem\u003eWoolgathering\u003c\/em\u003e calls up our own memories, as the child \"glimpses and gleans, piecing together a crazy quilt of truths.\" Smith shares the fierce, vital pleasures of stargazing and wandering. Her new Afterword, penned during the quarantine, opens new horizons in \"the scarcely charted landscape of memory governed by clouds.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eWoolgathering\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the sacred nature of creation in Smith's singular language, acclaimed as \"glorious\" (NPR), \"spellbinding\" (\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e), \"rare and ferocious\" (\u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e), and \"shockingly beautiful\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patti Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811231259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811231251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.93h x 4.33w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2021","brand":"Patti Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054017016063,"sku":"9780811231251","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_704acdb9-92b1-4fc9-939f-4b89501798b1.jpg?v=1685027530","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/woolgathering-patti-smith-9780811231251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}