Jay Besemer

Teaches at Spudnik Press Cooperative

Hybrid artist Jay Besemer is the author of several poetry books and chapbooks, including Aster to Daylily and A New Territory Sought, and (as Jen Besemer) Telephone, Object with Man’s Face, Quiet Vertical Movements, Ten Word Problems, and What Is Born. 

Jay’s recombinant poetry projects are featured in issue 25 of TENDE RLOIN and anthologized in Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. They can also be found in Monsters & Dust, Aufgabe, BlazeVOX, e-ratio, Sentence and other delicious publications. Jay also curates the occasional poetry event, writes feature essays and reviews, and teaches art and poetry workshops in and beyond Chicago.