{"product_id":"this-small-machine-of-prayer-paperback","title":"This Small Machine of Prayer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI've been witnessing the making of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Small Machine of Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e for a few years. The rigor in this collection is unlike anything I've ever encountered. What's an elegy without joy? How boring our imagination would be if we could already fly. How can we so carefully participate in love, in sharing meals with our closest friends with our grief so neatly hemmed up? There's a moon rising and a sun setting inside it-there's a whole world in this book and enough room for us to meet there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-C.T. Salazar, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeadless John the Baptist Hitchhiking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading Beth Gordon's \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Small Machine of Prayer, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e with its endless trickle of grief, is like an upstairs neighbor forgetting to pull the curtain inside the tubs so the shower is now creeping through the ceiling. It offers to the excuse to cry a little, talk to the people closest to us, then get to fixing the walls we've built around ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Lannie Stabile, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Morning to Everyone Except Men Who Name Their Dogs Zeus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 98\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47937889894621,"sku":"9781954353947","price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/g8xY3UlBaJ9781954353947.webp?v=1779155691","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/this-small-machine-of-prayer-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}