Jay Besemer

Poet

Chicago, IL
Illinois US
Website: 
jaybesemer.tumblr.com

Author's Bio

Jay Besemer is the author of three full-length poetry collections [Chelate; Telephone; A New Territory Sought] and numerous chapbooks. His a work is included in the anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. Jay is a contributing editor with The Operating System.

Publications & Prizes

Anthology:
Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics (Nightboat Books, 2013)
Books:
Chelate (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2016)
,
Telephone (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2013)
Chapbooks:
Quiet Vertical Movements (Beard of Bees, 2012)
,
What Is Born (Lilliput Review Press, 2000)
Journals:
Artifice
,
Aufgabe
,
Bitter Oleander
,
BlazeVOX
,
Columbia Poetry Review
,
Drunken Boat
,
Eratio Poetry Journal
,
Jellyroll
,
Lilliput Review
,
Otoliths
,
Pank

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
No
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Raised in: 
NY
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Last update: Nov 04, 2016