{"product_id":"why-i-garden-9781616207335","title":"Why I Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exuberant, funny, and soulful meditation on the immense pleasures and the inevitable heartaches of gardening by the bestselling essayist and award-winning poet. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhy I Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Delights\u003c\/i\u003e brings his keen observation and joyful spirit to his own backyard garden.  But you don’t have to be a gardener to lose yourself in Ross Gay’s lyrical voice, his humor, and his original way of looking at the world.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s the “unabashed lustiness” of morning glories, and hummingbirds “swinging on the clothesline like an old married couple;” the thud of pawpaws dropping, and the seductive centerfolds of seed catalogs. We encounter the kind of surprising and urgent connections we’ve come to expect from Gay: the 1983 Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers serve as a benchmark for a thriving, diverse garden; an old toilet bowl planted with flowers leads to a consideration of the war machine; and he wonders “why prayer looks so much like digging potatoes.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhy I Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is about gardening, but it’s also about how we care for each other and this planet and beckons us to cherish the earthly delights that are all around us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47848527102130,"sku":"9781616207335","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_1b308076-3f85-451d-95de-e16d6d683470.jpg?v=1792643489","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/why-i-garden-9781616207335","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}