{"title":"Daniel Alexander Jones","description":"\u003cp\u003eDaniel Alexander Jones offers a compelling exploration of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e through his thought-provoking works. His writing often delves into the intersections of identity, performance, and creativity, inviting readers to engage with the transformative power of artistic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBooks such as \u003cem\u003eParticle and Wave\u003c\/em\u003e exemplify his ability to blend poetic insight with cultural critique, making his collection a rich resource for those interested in the nuanced dialogues between art and society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"particle-and-wave-by-alexis-pauline-gumbs-9781737025504","title":"Particle and Wave","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a roving, shimmering conversation that took place in May 2021, scholar, poet, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs and playwright, songwriter, performance artist, and educator Daniel Alexander Jones discuss love as a foundational principle of artistic practice and societal change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReflecting on \u003cem\u003eLove Like Light\u003c\/em\u003e, Daniel Alexander Jones's collection of seven plays and performance texts (published by 53rd State in July 2021), DAJ and APG illuminate the ways in which an attention to care, community, nuance, invitation, perceptual particularities, and embodied conditions can resist the profoundly extractive context in which life is lived and art is made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs they discuss the work of Audre Lorde, Billie Holiday, Beah Richards, Bayard Rustin, and Malcolm X, as well as that of DAJ's grandma Daisy Mae and APG's grandmother, aunt, and niece, DAJ and APG propose that love, like light, suffuses everything. They suggest that love, like light, creates a field in which transformation, justice, healing, and radical beauty are not just possible—they are already, now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471330918636,"sku":"9781737025504","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781737025504-particle-and-wave.jpg?v=1775239815"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/daniel-alexander-jones.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}