Jay Besemer's guest appearances

Jay Besemer

The Deerfield Public Library Podcast

Radio Free Albion

Make (No) Bones

Waves Breaking

Megan Kaminski

Lauren Haldeman

Jenny Johnson

Eileen Myles

Xandria Phillips

Emily Jungmin Yoon

Richard Blanco

Jacob Saenz

Erika L. Sánchez

Nate Marshall

Daniel Borzutzky

Jen Bervin

Randall Mann

William Hazelgrove

Ellen Bass

OwlTail

Jay Besemer is the author of the poetry collections  Theories of Performance (The Lettered Streets Press, 2020), The Ways of the Monster (KIN(D) Texts and Projects/The Operating System, 2018), Crybaby City (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017), Chelate (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2016) and Telephone (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2013). He is a 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Transgender Poetry, and was a finalist for the 2017 Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature. Jay was included in the groundbreaking anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. www.jaybesemer.net Twitter: @THEORIES_PER “The Window” is from Theories of Performance, published 2020 by The Lettered Streets Press. Text of today’s poem and more details about our program can be found at: deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/ Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for our series is from Excursions Op. 20, Movement 1, by Samuel Barber, performed by pianist Daniel Baer. Queer Poem-a-Day is supported by a generous donation from the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language.

Jay Besemer is the author of the poetry collections <a href="http://www.letteredstreetspress.com/theories-of-performance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Theories of Performance</a> (The Lettered Streets Press, 2020), The Ways of the Monster (KIN(D) Texts and Projects/The Operating System, 2018), Crybaby City (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017), Chelate (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2016) and Telephone (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2013). He is a 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Transgender Poetry, and was a finalist for the 2017 Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature. Jay was included in the groundbreaking anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. <a href="http://www.jaybesemer.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.jaybesemer.net</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/theories_per?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@THEORIES_PER</a> “The Window” is from Theories of Performance, published 2020 by The Lettered Streets Press. Text of today’s poem and more details about our program can be found at: <a href="http://deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">deerfieldlibrary.org/queerpoemaday/</a> Queer Poem-a-Day is directed by poet and teacher <a href="https://www.lisahiton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lisa Hiton</a> and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Deerfield Public Library. Music for our series is from Excursions Op. 20, Movement 1, by Samuel Barber, performed by pianist <a href="http://danielbaerpiano.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Daniel Baer</a>. Queer Poem-a-Day is supported by a generous donation from the <a href="https://deerfieldlibrary.org/friends-of-the-library/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Friends of the Deerfield Public Library</a>. Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language.

Queer Poem-a-Day: Jay Besemer "The Window"

Jay Besemer’s most recent book of poetry is Chelate (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2016). He is the author of many other poetic artifacts including Telephone (Brooklyn Arts Press), A New Territory Sought (Moria), Aster to Daylily (Damask Press), and Object with Man’s Face (Rain Taxi Ohm Editions). He is a contributor to the groundbreaking anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. He is a contributing editor with The Operating System, the co-editor of a special digital Yoko Ono tribute issue of Nerve Lantern, and founder of the Intermittent Series in Chicago, where he lives with his partner and a very helpful cat.

<a href="http://www.twitter.com/divinetailor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jay Besemer’s</a> most recent book of poetry is Chelate (Brooklyn Arts Press, 2016). He is the author of <a href="http://jaybesemer.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">many other poetic artifacts</a> including Telephone (Brooklyn Arts Press), A New Territory Sought (Moria), Aster to Daylily (Damask Press), and Object with Man’s Face (Rain Taxi Ohm Editions). He is a contributor to the groundbreaking anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. He is a contributing editor with The Operating System, the co-editor of a special digital Yoko Ono tribute issue of Nerve Lantern, and founder of the Intermittent Series in Chicago, where he lives with his partner and a very helpful cat.

Episode 36: Jay Besemer

In this month's episode, Jay Besemer and I talk about his recent book,  Chelate, along with other topics, including: living with chronic illness, our relationship with nature, sci-fi, poetry comics, and time.   Books and things mentioned in this episode:  Jay's Tumblr Samuel Delany's Babel-17 Petra Kuppers' essay in Transgender Studies Quarterly Oliver Baez Bendorf's poetry comics Clover manga Bianca Stone's poetry comics Warren Craghead III's poetry comics  Theme Music is by Bahati Kiro Music throughout is by Chris Zorn Transcripts forthcoming from Amir Rabiyah The Sound of Waves Breaking is the ambient noise of Terok Nor from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

In this month's episode, Jay Besemer and I talk about his recent book, <a href="http://www.brooklynartspress.com/portfolio/chelate-by-jay-besemer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Chelate</a>, along with other topics, including: living with chronic illness, our relationship with nature, sci-fi, poetry comics, and time. Books and things mentioned in this episode: <ul> <li><a href="http://jaybesemer.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jay's Tumblr</a></li> <li>Samuel Delany's <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1199688.Babel_17" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Babel-17</a></li> <li>Petra Kuppers' essay in <a href="http://tsq.dukejournals.org/content/1/4/605.abstract" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Transgender Studies Quarterly</a></li> <li>Oliver Baez Bendorf's <a href="https://oliverbendorf.org/comics/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poetry comics</a></li> <li>Clover <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_(Clamp_manga)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">manga</a></li> <li>Bianca Stone's <a href="http://www.poetrycomics.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poetry comics</a></li> <li>Warren Craghead III's <a href="http://www.craghead.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poetry comics</a></li> </ul> Theme Music is by Bahati Kiro Music throughout is by Chris Zorn Transcripts forthcoming from Amir Rabiyah The Sound of Waves Breaking is the ambient noise of Terok Nor from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Interview with Jay Besemer

Hybrid artist/poet Jay Besemer is the author of many poetic artifacts including Chelate, Telephone (both from Brooklyn Arts Press), A New Territory Sought (Moria), Aster to Daylily (Damask Press), and Object with Man’s Face (Rain Taxi Ohm Editions). He is a contributor to the groundbreaking anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. His performances and video poems have been featured in various festivals and series, including Meekling Press’ TALKS Series, Chicago Calling Arts Festival, Red Rover Series {readings that play with reading}, and Absinthe &amp; Zygote. Jay also contributes performance texts, poems, and critical essays to numerous publications including Jacket2, Nerve Lantern: Axon of Performance Literature, PANK, Petra, Barzakh, The Collagist, Rain Taxi Review of Books, The VOLTA, and the CCM organs ENTROPY and ENCLAVE. He is a contributing editor with The Operating System, and founder of the Intermittent Series in Chicago, where he lives with his partner and a very helpful cat.Download this episode from iTunes

Hybrid artist/poet Jay Besemer is the author of many poetic artifacts including Chelate, Telephone (both from Brooklyn Arts Press), A New Territory Sought (Moria), Aster to Daylily (Damask Press), and Object with Man’s Face (Rain Taxi Ohm Editions). He is a contributor to the groundbreaking anthology Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. His performances and video poems have been featured in various festivals and series, including Meekling Press’ TALKS Series, Chicago Calling Arts Festival, Red Rover Series {readings that play with reading}, and Absinthe &amp; Zygote. Jay also contributes performance texts, poems, and critical essays to numerous publications including Jacket2, Nerve Lantern: Axon of Performance Literature, PANK, Petra, Barzakh, The Collagist, Rain Taxi Review of Books, The VOLTA, and the CCM organs ENTROPY and ENCLAVE. He is a contributing editor with The Operating System, and founder of the Intermittent Series in Chicago, where he lives with his partner and a very helpful cat.<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/make-no-bones-make-no-bones/id1088111360" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download this episode from iTunes</a>