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a fanlike spread of books by jay besemer held in the author's gloved left hand.
the meekling press table at a chicago bookfair. jay besemer's MEN AND SLEEP is stacked at the left corner.
big long close-up of the spines of CRYBABY CITY, MEN AND SLEEP, AND CHELATE on the shelves at pilsen community books, chicago.
 

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 Publishing Triangle 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

dear father, safe at present, Steel Incisors (UK) PLEASE NOTE THAT UNFORTUNATELY, ORDERS FROM THE US WILL INVOLVE MASSIVE SHIPPING COSTS UNTIL THE CURRENT TARIFF SITUATION ENDS. THIS IS OUT OF MY CONTROL.

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