“Trying to Find a Place to Live: A Two-Way Interview Conversation by Alexander Dickow and Jay Besemer,” The Brooklyn Rail: https://brooklynrail.org/2023/12/poetry/Trying-to-Find-a-Place-to-Live-A-Two-Way-Interview-Conversation-by-Alexander-Dickow-and-Jay-Besemer/

“Care That Reciprocates: A Conversation Between Jay Besemer and Evan Williams,” Chicago Review of Books: https://chireviewofbooks.com/2023/11/16/care-that-reciprocates-a-conversation-between-jay-besemer-and-evan-williams/

“An Interview with Jay Besemer,” Train: A Poetry Journal: https://trainpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2021/07/an-interview-with-jay-besemer.html

“An Interview with Jay Besemer,” in ORIGINAL OBSESSIONS, Julia Cohen & Abby Hagler’s interview column at Tarpaulin Sky magazine:

https://tskymag.com/2021/05/jay-besemer/

“Accessibility and Place,” #18 in the POETRY TODAY interview series with ruben quesada on Kenyon Review’s Blog:

https://kenyonreview.org/2020/08/poetry-today-18-accessibility-and-place/

“Director’s Commentary: an interview with Jay Besemer” by logan berry, RUNAWAYS LAB THEATER:

https://www.runawayslab.org/dispatch/interview-with-jay-besemer

“Poetry Mini Interviews” with thomas whyte (note: the page linked presents the parts of the interview in reverse order, so scroll to the bottom to start at the beginning):

http://poetryminiinterviews.blogspot.com/search/label/Jay%20Besemer

“nine books about your life” series interview by nicholas alexander hayes, at YOUR IMPOSSIBLE VOICE:

https://www.yourimpossiblevoice.com/nine-books-about-your-life-jay-besemer/

rob mc lennan’s blog interview series, 12-or-20 questions:

https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2018/07/12-or-20-second-series-questions-with_14.html?m=1

interview accompanying my book THE WAYS OF THE MONSTER:

https://medium.com/the-operating-system/call-it-an-unweaponing-a-conversation-with-jay-besemer-9604d186f59e

PROMPTS, PROSE ABOUT CRAFT, ETC.

Writing/Playing the Archive: #11 in the “Prompts Against Anxiety” project at Woodland Pattern Book Center in partnership with Milwaukee Public Library:

https://www.woodlandpattern.org/project/writing-playing-the-archive

a personal/critical essay & poetry prompt at Poetry Daily:

https://poems.com/features/what-sparks-poetry/jay-besemer-on-tristan-tzaras-anecdote/