Poet
Performances/Publications
Featured Readings
Ebenezer Lutheran Church
Sponsored by Danztheater, Chicago, IL
Jarvis Square Pottery Fundraiser, 2022
Jarvis Square Pottery, Chicago, IL
Good Sheppard Lutheran Church, Oak Park, IL
Writer’s Week, Niles North High School • 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, Skokie, IL
Logan Center for the Arts, Sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
Not Your Grandma’s Poetry Show • 2017
Sulzer Regional Library, Poetry Fest Chicago, IL
Pop-Up Poet at the Art Institute of Chicago • 2017 Sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
Not Your Grandma’s Poetry Show • 2016
Harold Washington Library, Poetry Fest, Chicago, IL
Poetry with Vision • 2016
Loyola University, Gender Studies Program Chicago, IL
Poetry with Vision • 2015
Women & Children First Bookstore, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth’s Crazy Little Thing • 2015
Phyllis’ Musical Inn, Chicago, IL
“Poet at the End of the World” • 2015
Podcast Series
Caffeinated Confessions, • 2015
Everybody’s Coffee, Chicago, IL
Uptown Poetry Slam • 2015, 2017, 2018
Green Mill Jazz Lounge, Chicago, IL
Featured Artist/Poet Applied Words • 2011
Guild Complex/Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Body Politic of Pierre Marie Brisson • 2011
Th!nkArt Gallery, Chicago, IL,
Atropolis, A Celebration of Art, Antiques & Culture • 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
War & Peace, Th!nkArt Gallery, Chicago, IL • 2009 Sister Cities International Paris Committee fundraiser
Art gallery opening for Encyclopedia Show • 2009
Chopin Theater, Chicago, IL
WBEZ Webcast for Poetry Month Celebration • 2009
Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL
Universe of Poetry • 2008, 2009
Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Poetry Festival • 2005, Chicago, IL
Chicago Poetry Explosion • 2005
Two-day festival at Beat Kitchen, Chicago, IL ,
Ben Around Town • 2003, WYCC-TV, Chicago, IL
Uncommon Ground • 2003, 2004, 2009, Chicago, IL
WHPK Radio, University of Chicago • 2003, Chicago, IL
Flyover Zone • 2003, WQNA, Springfield, IL
Morning Talk Radio • 2002, WBEZ Chicago, IL
Around The Coyote Fall Arts Festival • 2002
Chicago, IL
Civic Center Arts Fest • 2001, 2002
Fontenay Le Comte, France
WZRD Radio • 1998, 2002
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL,
Cook County Fair, Chicago, IL • 2002
Multicultural arts festival
Mental Graffiti • 2001, Chicago, IL
Poetry Month • 2000
Lincoln Library, Springfield, IL
UpComing Events
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To book Emily,
email her at
emily@emilycalvo.com
Literary Leadership
One Poetic Voice • 2014 to Present Co-founder, organizer of international exchanges, Chicago, IL
Chicago Slam Works, • 2009 to 2017 Co-founder,
board member and “Slambassador," Chicago, IL
“How to Promote Your Poetry” Panel • 2011, 2017
Harold Washington Library, Poetry Month Fest,
Chicago, IL
“Integrating Poetry into Other Subjects” • 2005
Chicago Public Schools Magnet Cluster Institute Speaker for 100+ CPS elementary school principals and lead teachers, Chicago IL
Teaching Artists Collective • 2005 Sulzer Regional Library, Panelist on teaching poetry for arts instructors, Chicago, IL
Publication Highlights
East on Central • 2019, 2021
Print literary journal, Highland Park, IL
American Gun: A Poem by 100 Chicago Poets • 2019
Big Shoulders Books, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Nourish • 2018
Online literary journal
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume Two • 2016
Co-authored, with Marc Kelly Smith, entry on Poetry Slam, University of Kentucky
Lending Color to the Otherwise Absurd • 2014
First collection of original poems and art, Self-published with a grant from the Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Helium180, A Journal of Contemporary Writing • 2014
Journal of Psychological Poetry • 2010
After Hours • 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009
Chicago, IL
Coleré, Coe College • 2002, IA
Oyez Review, Roosevelt University Press • 1998
Poetry Instructor
South Middle School • 2005, 2008, Mount Prospect, IL
Joseph Sears Elementary School, Kenilworth, IL
Performance & Workshops • 2007
Two-days for middle school students
Young Women’s Leadership Charter School • 2001 - 2005, Poet-in-Residence for 7th, 8th and 12th graders through The Poetry Center of Chicago’s Hands on Stanza program (20-week residency per semester), Chicago, IL
Unity Junior High School, Cicero, IL • 2004, 2005
One-day workshops for three classes of eighth graders
Victor Herbert Elementary School • 2005
Chicago, IL, One-day workshops
Roosevelt Elementary School • 2003, 2004, One-day workshops for middle school students
Cicero, IL
Awards/Recognition
One of "30 Writers to Watch" • 2019
Guild Literary Complex, Chicago, IL
Individual Artist Grant, 2014
City of Chicago Department of Culture and Special Events, Chicago, IL
Semi-finalist in the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award • 2007
Guild Literary Complex, Chicago, IL
Memberships/Affiliations
American Writers Museum • 2017 Chicago
Writers Association Member • 2011 - Present
The Poetry Center of Chicago • 2005 - 2008
Board member
Society of Midland Authors • 2002 to Present