In our Nine Books About Your Life series, authors are invited to talk about nine types of books that have had an impact on their lives. Their responses give us a glimpse into their relationships with their books and other people’s books. In the third installment, we speak with Jay Besemer, author of the forthcoming Theories of Performance (The Lettered Streets Press).
By Jay Besemer
Aaron Apps’ Intersex: A Memoir operates in a space that is both complex and difficult to name. There is no adjective that serves experiences or texts steeped in both horror and beauty, abjection and awe.
By Jay BesemerThe premise is straightforward, if not simple: four years ago the collaborative online conversation called Open Letter was founded by poet Claudia Rankine to expansively engage the challenges of race in creative practice. Participants addressed the...