Artists Space

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge is the author of thirteen books of poetry, including A Treatise on Stars; Hello, the Roses; Empathy, and I Love Artists. Her collaborations include Endocrinology with Kiki Smith and Hiddenness with Richard Tuttle. In 2021, she was awarded Bollingen Prize for Poetry and the 2026 recipient of the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. She lives in northern New Mexico and New York City.

Jay Gao is a poet from Edinburgh, Scotland, living in New York City. He is the author of The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber. His debut collection Imperium was a winner of the 2023 Michael Murphy Memorial Prize, an Eric Gregory Award, and a Somerset Maugham Award.