The Poetry Project

Bianca Rae Messinger

Bianca sits on a sidewalk bench with her legs crossed, staring directly at the camera. Neon signs from nearby restaurants and shops cast colorful light onto the surroundings.

Bianca Rae Messinger is a poet and translator living in New York State. She is the author of pleasureis amiracle (Nightboat, 2025) and the most recent chapbook “parallel bars” (2021). She has published translations of works by mauricio gatti/comunidad del sur, Juana Isola, and Ariel Schettini among others. With poet Toby Altman she edits What Happens, a journal of poets theater. She is currently working on a translation of Argentine writer and artist Dalia Rossetti with Alexis Almeida.