{"title":"Stephen Jonas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephen Jonas\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of creative expression and cultural narratives. His works invite readers into a richly textured world where art and history intertwine, revealing the hidden layers behind familiar forms and ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for detail and a thoughtful approach, Jonas's books in the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e category encourage reflection on the significance of artistic practice and its impact on society. His writing is both insightful and accessible, making complex concepts resonate with a broad audience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"arcana-by-stephen-jonas-9780872867918","title":"Arcana","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A true poet of modern classic culture in mid-twentieth century U.S.A.\" — Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"At their best, the poems have an intensely oral, I would like to call it glossolalic, freedom, as if they captured the essence of what one might like to express in the moment of rapture.\" — David Rattray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning in the 1950s until his untimely death at age 49, Stephen Jonas (1921-1970) was an influential yet underground figure of the New American Poetry. A gay African-American poet of self-obscured origins, heavily influenced by Ezra Pound and Charles Olson, the Boston-based Jonas was a pioneer of the serial poem and an erudite mentor to such acknowledged masters as Jack Spicer and John Wieners, even as he lived a shadowy existence among drug addicts, thieves, and hustlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArcana: A Stephen Jonas Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is the first selection of his work to appear in 25 years. With a biographical introduction and a postscript delving into recent discoveries concerning the poet's birthplace and background, \u003cem\u003eArcana\u003c\/em\u003e is a crucial corrective to our understanding of post-war American poetry, restoring Jonas to his rightful place among the period's vanguard. Featuring previously uncollected and unpublished work, a section of never-before-seen facsimiles from notebooks, and a generous selection from his innovative serial poem \u003cem\u003eExercises for Ear\u003c\/em\u003e (1968), \u003cem\u003eArcana\u003c\/em\u003e is a much-needed retrieval of an overlooked American poet, as well as a valuable contribution to African American and Queer literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eArcana\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The work of Steve Jonas, though vital to many of his more illustrious contemporaries, has remained obscured far too long, particularly as we've become unaccustomed to the high stakes once involved in the life of poetry. Accompanied by a reprint of Joseph Torra's invaluable introduction, as vital and fresh now as when it came out 25 years ago, along with David Rich's extraordinary archaeological dig into genealogical records and biographical materials to clarify Jonas's self-effaced origins, the publication of \u003cem\u003eArcana\u003c\/em\u003e is an important event in our increasingly evanescent cultural history, evidence of what is real.\" — Ammiel Alcalay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595694227692,"sku":"9780872867918","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780872867918-arcana.jpg?v=1777902850"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/stephen-jonas.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}