Notation

Author: Jordan Dunn

Publisher: Third Hand Books (2024)

Notation consists of a single poetic line that navigates the contours of memory following the death of a friend. Broadened by companionship, reading, nature study, and travel, Notation questions the boundaries of book and authorship, weaving numerous texts together with close observations of daily life. For Jordan Dunn, “the idea of the perfect book remains thousands of unbound sheets, photographs, and notes spread across a vast table.” The practice of taking note, of writing the now as it happens, gathers the living—the people we haven’t lost, those here with us in time.