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Ben Meyerson
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Poetry collection SEGUIRIYAS at Black Ocean Press (2023) | PhD candidate at the University of Toronto studying flamenco, medieval troubadour lyric, Sephardic oral tradition, poetics and philosophies of material complexity | https://benmeyersonmedia.com
Looking forward to them! And this was a lot of fun -- thanks for having me on
May 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
If you oversleep and get to the flamenco archive two hours before closing time, then you, too, might find yourself getting interviewed by BBC presenters in an empty hallway outside of a library in which you have been surreptitiously scanning pages from out-of-print books with your phone camera
April 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reposted by Ben Meyerson
The island of Orasaigh is the inspiration for a book I have a book out with @steveeely.bsky.social

Following two exhibitions, this unique collaboration between poet & photographer has been published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social

More here 👇
www.ansolasoir.com/orasaigh

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Orasaigh | An Solas Òir
Orasaigh is a collaboration between poet Steve Ely and photographer Michael Faint, inspired by the landscape around the tidal island of Orasaigh, South Uist The work of the artists combines and inter...
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January 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Here's that lyric's most recent appearance, in a banger of a soleá by María Terremoto, who is one of the most talented flamenco singers alive right now: youtu.be/isSYu9sFKdk?...
María Terremoto - Soñé Que La Nieve Ardía (Soleá, Dudas / Visualizer)
YouTube video by MTerremotoVEVO
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February 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If you're interested in checking out SEGUIRIYAS, here's a link to that: www.blackocean.org/catalog1/seg...
Suguiriyas by Ben Meyerson — Black Ocean
by Ben Meyerson Paperback / 96p. / Poetry ISBN 978-1939568-73-1
www.blackocean.org
December 12, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Some of it is just about commitment to the 'bit,' too. Like, devising the sentimental mis/redirection is one thing, but it's another thing to venture that deeply into the surreal/absurd and embrace the risk, knowing all the while that you can bring it back into the realm of the unspecified personal
December 6, 2024 at 5:17 AM
This is the reason why everyone was trying to write like Young in the mid to late 2000s
December 6, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Done!
November 26, 2024 at 4:18 AM
In approaching the medieval troubadours, the question arises as to whether it's possible for the poet to express subjectivity beyond the arrangement of formal topoi. Meanwhile, we make an easy distinction between the modern poetic subject and the 'formal enclosure' that they select for their poem
November 23, 2024 at 1:50 PM
I would submit that most of us don't really think about this enough.
November 23, 2024 at 1:44 PM