Jesi Bender is an artist from upstate New York. She is the author of the chapbook Dangerous Women (dancing girl press 2022), the play Kinderkrankenhaus (Sagging Meniscus 2021), and the novel The Book of The Last Word (Whiskey Tit 2019). Her shorter work has appeared in Vol. 1 Brooklyn, FENCE, and Split Lip, among other places. She also runs KERNPUNKT Press, a home for experimental writing.