Emji Spero

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[lower-alpha 1] co-founded Timeless, Infinite Light,[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]

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References
  1. (Press release) https://timelessinfinitelight.com/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://timelessinfinitelight.com/collections/books/products/almost-any-shit-will-do. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://timelessinfinitelight.com. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_6lYgiVML_PUXBTRXQ3NWZCWEk/view. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://timelessinfinitelight.com/collections/books/products/almost-any-shit-will-do/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://timelessinfinitelight.com/collections/books/products/artist-edition-almost-any-shit-will-do/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://tracttrace.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/a-mini-essay-by-emji-spero-a-panel-talk-from-swp/
  8. (Interview) https://jacket2.org/interviews/body-and-violence-interview-emji-spero/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (Interview) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/02/to-infinity-and-beyond-joel-gregory-and-emji-spero-of-timeless-infinite-light-in-conversation/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. (Interview) https://openhousepoetry.com/2015/02/16/our-books-are-spells-for-unraveling-capitalism-an-interview-w-timeless-infinite-light/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. Bensel, Alyse. "Book Review: Almost Any Shit Will Do by Emji Spero". The Los Angeles Review.

Notes
  1. Spero uses they/them pronouns


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