{"product_id":"in-dubious-terrain-db-jonas-9798901467121","title":"In Dubious Terrain: Lyric and Conjecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike Mr. Jonas' earlier collections, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Dubious Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e situates itself unmistakably in the world of thought and literature. Its rich mix of lyrics, ekphrastics, and prose meditations immerses us in the resonance of a unique voice in constant dialogue with its inspirations: Kafka, Celan, Rilke, Beckett and Blanchot, among others. These pieces are dense with time: fleeting instants, distant memories, the unsettling presence of the immemorial. Their music cuts close to the bone of our words and the breath of our speech, provoking the reader to rethink the nature of identity and difference, expression, dreaming, and meaning. These poems, more than any I know of on the contemporary scene, demonstrate how the proper response to poetry, and to the complexity of the world, is always poetry itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuart Kendall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorges Bataille\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all art of significance, the lyrical contemplations of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Dubious Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e awaken their audience. They instigate thought. As in the \"heteronymies\" of Pessoa, we're transported through alien worlds and alien voices into a transformative disorientation where thinking is not mastery but something undergone, a mutability and susceptibility to change. The beauty of these inducements, the melodies of his thought, place Mr. Jonas beyond category. As we've come to expect from his previous volumes, his poetry stands apart from that of his contemporaries, well apart and, in my estimation, well above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames M. Magrini\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Sojourns in Aesthetics, Existence, and Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong many other things, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Dubious Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is an extended meditation on distances, the curious remoteness of the close-at-hand, the strange proximity of the past. In this deftly crafted verse and prose, reflections on ontology, science, and art are interwoven with nature's mysterious temperaments and arresting beauties. A moving collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorette C. Luzajic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, founding editor, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ekphrastic Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mackinaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe majesty of these poems, and the probing intellect behind them, are a rarity on today's poetry scene. The hermetic, haunting contents of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Dubious Terrain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e are dauntless explorations of the ineffable lives we lead, \"something made \/ from what remains \/ undone, abandoned, \/ left unsaid.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Van Valin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoating on the Styx\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Db Jonas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798901467121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Db Jonas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001257631999,"sku":"9798901467121","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-dubious-terrain-db-jonas-9798901467121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}