Jesi Bender is an artist from Upstate New York. 
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Her work leans towards experimental historical fiction
that interrogates the tension between language's utility & malleability.  

2025 Readings
  • August 15 - C.S. Miller Books, Norwich, NY
  • August 24 - Buffalo Street Books, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, NY, 2p
  • September 9 - KGB Bar, 85 E. 4th St., New York, NY, 7p
    • with Daisuke Shen, Steven Alvarez, & Dawn Raffel
  • September 21 - Brooklyn Book Fair, Brooklyn, NY
  • November 22 - Dan Levy Lives! event at Block Hill Station, 718 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 2-4p
    • with Alana Capria, David Leo Rice, Andrew Farkas, William Lessard, & Elizeya Quate