Jesi Bender is an artist from Upstate New York. She is the author of the novels Rhododendron, Child of Light, and The Book of the Last Word. She's also written two plays, Crux and Kinderkrankenhaus, and a collection of poetry called Dangerous Women. Her shorter work has appeared in FENCE, Denver Quarterly, Sleepingfish, and others.

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