{"id":4434,"date":"2024-04-09T05:16:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2024-05-09T05:38:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T12:38:03","slug":"charlie-besso-receives-ben-jorgensen-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/?p=4434","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Besso Receives Ben Jorgensen Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aHDXuykLF8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4435 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2020-Wall.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1235\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2020-Wall.png 1235w, https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2020-Wall-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2020-Wall-800x533.png 800w, https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2020-Wall-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2020-Wall-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Jorgensen narrated VN Alexander&#8217;s <em>Locus Amoenus<\/em>.\u00a0 After Ben passed away, Alexander wrote a sequel to that novel, <em>CoVid-1984, The Musical,<\/em> and dedicated the work to Ben.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4437\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/besso.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/besso.png 298w, https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/besso-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dactylfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/besso-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie Besso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Strange Recital featured an introduction to the novel narrated by Charlie Besso.\u00a0 The award was made possible by a donation from V. 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