Seguiriyas

A debut poetry collection that draws on the music and culture of flamenco to explorediasporic experience. InSeguiriyas-which derives its title from the flamencopalo(or "song form") of the same name-Ben Meyerson picks paths through the reverberations of diaspora, displacement, and transit. Meyerson's poems travel between his upbringing in an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Toronto and his time spent plumbing thehistorical tensionsthat animate Andalusian culture. Within diaspora and dispersion, Meyerson assembles an array of reference points ranging from the history of the Roma in Spain,flamenco performance, medieval Iberian poetry, rock music, and the echoes of Jewish ritual practice.Seguiriyasdoes not seek to neatly arrange the pluralities that it observes; rather, it moves intheirwake, offering a form of careful attention and vibrant song.