Emji Spero
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Emji Saint Spero is a queer performance artist and writer living in Oakland, California. They are an editor at Timeless, Infinite Light [1] and the author of almost any shit will do.[2] Their work occupies a hybrid space between poetry and prose, weaving together somatic ritual, performance, and collaborative experimentation. They work closely with other writers and artists, stretching the potential of creative intimacies, sociality, and the poetics of relation.
Career[]
Spero authored a book of poetry titled almost any shit will do, published in March 2014. They[a] co-founded ,[3] a queer performance art and poetry collective.
Publications[]
Armed Cell 12 (2017) [4]
almost any shit will do (Trade Edition) [5]
almost any shit will do (Artist Edition) [6]
The Space that Betweens Us: A Talk [7]
Interviews[]
Body and Violence, with Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué (Jacket 2, 2015) [8]
To Infinity and Beyond: Joel Gregory and Emji Spero of Timeless Infinite Light in Conversation with Ivy Johnson (The Poetry Foundation, 2015) [9]
Spells for Unravelling Capitalism, with Joel Gregory and Ivy Johnson (Open House, 2015) [10]
Reviews[]
Los Angeles Review[11]
References[]
- ^ (Press release) https://timelessinfinitelight.com/.
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(help) - ^ https://timelessinfinitelight.com/collections/books/products/almost-any-shit-will-do.
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(help) - ^ https://timelessinfinitelight.com.
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(help) - ^ ARMED CELL 12.PDF.
- ^ https://timelessinfinitelight.com/collections/books/products/almost-any-shit-will-do/.
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(help) - ^ https://timelessinfinitelight.com/collections/books/products/artist-edition-almost-any-shit-will-do/.
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(help) - ^ "A Mini-Essay by EMJI SPERO — a panel talk from SWP". 27 July 2013.
- ^ (Interview) https://jacket2.org/interviews/body-and-violence-interview-emji-spero/.
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(help) - ^ (Interview) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/02/to-infinity-and-beyond-joel-gregory-and-emji-spero-of-timeless-infinite-light-in-conversation/.
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(help) - ^ (Interview) https://openhousepoetry.com/2015/02/16/our-books-are-spells-for-unraveling-capitalism-an-interview-w-timeless-infinite-light/.
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(help) - ^ Bensel, Alyse (24 October 2014). "Book Review: Almost Any Shit Will Do by Emji Spero". The Los Angeles Review.
Notes[]
- ^ Spero uses they/them pronouns
External links[]
- Writers from Oakland, California
- American performance artists
- American poets
- Living people
- American poet stubs