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Meri Utkovska (b. March 17, 1993) is a poet, writer, artist, internationally published author, photographer, founder and creative director of A RAY OF SIGH Studio.
A Ray of Sigh: The Eternal Circle Where You and I Reside (2022) is her first book of poetry and photography.
She is currently working on her second book.
In addition to her artistic work, writing, and multimedia direction, Utkovska is also professionally trained in marketing.
Having graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje, she worked for several years in corporate marketing and continues to consult in digital marketing and brand architecture.
Books
A Ray of Sigh: The Eternal Circle Where You and I Reside (2022)
Fractured Perceptions (upcoming)
Films and Music Videos
A Ray of Sigh: The Eternal Circle Where You and I Reside (2023)
The States of Lovers (2023)
Dismantled Perhaps (2024)
37 Questions on Desire: Question 1 (2025)
37 Questions on Desire: Question 2, 3, 4 (2025)
M. Utkovska for Yordan Kostov: Makedonija Ne Kaze (2025) - Official Video
Yordan Kostov MAGLOTA Sextet: Live Concert at The Philharmonic of The Republic of North Macedonia (2025)
Articles
In the End: On Vincent van Gogh and the Honouring of the Heart's Desire (2023)
The Search for Who We Are: On Carl Sagan and How Our Greatness Lies in Our Ability to Love (2023)
Yoga With Adriene: Change is Nature's Powerful Way of Being (2023)
Voice of Freedom: On Patti Smith and How Being an Artist Means Being Human First (2023)
far memory by Lucille Clifton (2023)
Blackberrying by Sylvia Plath (2023)
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by E. E. Cummings (2023)
Leaves by Ursula K. Le Guin (2023)
The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien's Ageless Story of Hope (2024)
Salinger's Catcher in the Rye: Holden Caulfield's Wish (2024)
Aedh Wishes for the Clothes of Heaven by William Butler Yeats (2024)
Before I Got my Eye Put Out by Emily DIckinson (2024)
One Art by Elizabeth Bishop (2024)
Stress Society: On Eckhart Tolle and the Unique Way of Stillness (2024)
Virginia Woolf: The Waves and Their Beautiful Inner Worlds (2024)
Langston Hughes: Red Roses and the Meaning of Being Free (2024)
Dickens' Great Expectations and the Intensity of True Love (2024)
James Baldwin: 10 Quotes on Life, Love, and the Human Condition (2024)
Meditations in an EMergency, Poems and Books by Frank O'Hara (2024)
Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Visceral Change to the Art World (2024)
Anne Sexton: Her Kind, Books and Poetry (2024)
Three Poems and Three Books by Jane Hirshfield (2024)
Perfect Days: Wim Wenders' Cinematic Masterpiece of quiet Living (2024)
5 Beautiful Poems by Mahmoud Darwish--Palestine's Master Poet (2024)
10 Excerpts from Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird to Make You (Re)read It (2024)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous and Other Works by Ocean Vuong (2024)
Book of the Month: An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (2024)
Past Lives: Celine Song's Debut Story of Choice, Fate, and Lost Love (2024)
Three Poems and Three Books by Louise Gl𝑢̈ck (2024)
Mark Strand: Black Maps, The Garden, and Orpheus Alone (2024)
Book of the Month: Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke (2024)
The City in Which I Love You and Other Works by Li-Young Lee (2024)
All of Us Strangers: Moulding Loneliness Into Dreams (2024)
Ego Tripping and Other Works by the Outstanding Nikki Giovanni (2024)
Threading the Limitless with Antoni Benavente Berbero (2025)
The Shaming of the Sun with Michael Kovacs (2026)
On the Nature of Paradise--Oriane Thomasson's ATLANTIS (2026)
Letters
I carry Your Heart--First Letter (2023)
The Search for Who We Are--Third Letter (2023)
A Record of Hope--Fifth Letter (2023)
Change is Nature's Way of Being--Sixth Letter (2023)
The Whim of Morning--Eighth Letter (2023)
Plum Marmalade, Sunset Amber, and Cooling Days--Ninth Letter (2023)
The Moths and the Flame--Tenth Letter (2023)
Morning Theft and Going Back to Ourselves--Eleventh Letter (2023)
Rainfall and the Earth's Mouth--The Letter Series (2023)
Marks, Friends, Cloud-Partings--The Letter Series (2023)
Curated Series
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