{"product_id":"things-they-carry-american-athenaeum-paperback","title":"Things They Carry: American Athenaeum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter Liguore\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJan Nerenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Dudek\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"Things They Carry,\" issue of American Athenaeum takes readers through a variety of stories and essays that deal with answering the question: what do we carry? This issue will take you from the gardens of a Vietnamese farmer, to a WWII concentration camp, to Wounded Knee in the Black Hills, to the handcrafted dolls made by a grandmother's hand, to a department store to buy a daughter her first bra, to the homeless in San Francisco, to a once-in-a-lifetime dance of the moon swallows, to India where a blind woman guides the roots of a tree over water to construct a bridge, and then on to Oxfordshire to visit the Rollright Witch and the latest installation designed by UK artist David Goslin. These are just a few places on this museum-like journey through American Athenaeum. By seeing what others carry, we inevitably learn what we are also capable of carrying. Won't you join us. Join us as we celebrate a diverse group of writers, past and present, to create this museum of words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68187311341791,"sku":"9781482567526","price":17.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lU-T4Dtcj29781482567526.webp?v=1792529440","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/things-they-carry-american-athenaeum-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}