Jay Besemer

Jay Besemer is the author of numerous books—see the list below. He was a finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry and the 2017 Leslie Feinberg Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature.

BOOKS by Jay Besemer

Telephone, Brooklyn Arts Press

Chelate, Brooklyn Arts Press

Crybaby City, Spuyten Duyvil

The Ways of the Monster, The Operating System

Theories of Performance, The Lettered Streets Press

 Wounded Buildings/Simple Machines, Another New Calligraphy

Men & Sleep, Meekling Press

[Your Tongue is as Long as a Tuesday] , Knife | Fork | Book (please note: Canadian orders fulfilled through k|f|b store; US and international through Asterism Books!)

The Horse, Overneath Books

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[NEW!!] On Being Half-Imaginary, Overneath Books