photo by David Emitt Adams
Eloisa Amezcua is an Arizona native. She earned a BA in English from the University of San Diego, where she was the recipient of the Lindsey J. Cropper Award for Creative Writing in Poetry selected by Ilya Kaminsky. In 2014, she completed the MFA program at Emerson College in Boston, MA. She's received fellowships and scholarships from the MacDowell Colony, the Fine Arts Work Center, Vermont Studio Center, the Bread Loaf Translators' Conference, the Vermont College of Fine Arts Post-Graduate Workshop, the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference, and the NY State Summer Writers Institute.
Eloisa's debut collection, From the Inside Quietly, is the inaugural winner of the Shelterbelt Poetry Prize selected by Ada Limón, forthcoming from Shelterbelt Press. She is the author of three chapbooks: On Not Screaming (Horse Less Press, 2016) Symptoms of Teething, winner of the 2016 Vella Chapbook Award (Paper Nautilus Press, 2017), and Mexicamericana (Porkbelly Press, 2017). She currently lives in Phoenix and is founder and editor-in-chief of The Shallow Ends: A Journal of Poetry.
*For readings and bookings, please use the contact form here.
Eloisa's debut collection, From the Inside Quietly, is the inaugural winner of the Shelterbelt Poetry Prize selected by Ada Limón, forthcoming from Shelterbelt Press. She is the author of three chapbooks: On Not Screaming (Horse Less Press, 2016) Symptoms of Teething, winner of the 2016 Vella Chapbook Award (Paper Nautilus Press, 2017), and Mexicamericana (Porkbelly Press, 2017). She currently lives in Phoenix and is founder and editor-in-chief of The Shallow Ends: A Journal of Poetry.
*For readings and bookings, please use the contact form here.
Readings
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Graduate Reading Series, Emerson College, Oct. 2012
Graduate Reading Series, Emerson College, Oct. 2013
Mr. Hip Presents with Frank Bidart, Pablo Medina, and others, Jamaica Plain, MA, Nov. 2013
Black Ocean Press, Sixth Finch, and Interrupture book release reading for Elisa Gabbert’s The Self Unstable, Boston, MA, Nov. 2013
Graduate Reading Series, Emerson College, March 2014
Breakwater Reading Series, Brookline, MA, March 2014
Graduate Student Reception and Award Ceremony, Emerson College, April 2014
Brookline Poetry Series at Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA, May 2014
Us & Them Translation Series, Molasses Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY, July 2015
Us & Them: Boston Translation Series, La Brasa, Somerville, MA, Dec. 2015
On Not Screaming chapbook release reading, Somerville, MA, Aug. 2016
Arizona Writers Resist, Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 2017
Interrupture, Prelude, Posit, Bone Bouquet AWP 2017 Off-site event, DC Arts Center, Washington DC, Feb. 2017
The Boiler Journal AWP 2017 Off-site event, The Pub & The People, Washington DC, Feb. 2017
Canal Convergence, presented by Scottsdale Public Art & Four Chambers Press, Scottsdale Waterfront, Feb. 2017
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Graduate Reading Series, Emerson College, Oct. 2012
Graduate Reading Series, Emerson College, Oct. 2013
Mr. Hip Presents with Frank Bidart, Pablo Medina, and others, Jamaica Plain, MA, Nov. 2013
Black Ocean Press, Sixth Finch, and Interrupture book release reading for Elisa Gabbert’s The Self Unstable, Boston, MA, Nov. 2013
Graduate Reading Series, Emerson College, March 2014
Breakwater Reading Series, Brookline, MA, March 2014
Graduate Student Reception and Award Ceremony, Emerson College, April 2014
Brookline Poetry Series at Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA, May 2014
Us & Them Translation Series, Molasses Bookstore, Brooklyn, NY, July 2015
Us & Them: Boston Translation Series, La Brasa, Somerville, MA, Dec. 2015
On Not Screaming chapbook release reading, Somerville, MA, Aug. 2016
Arizona Writers Resist, Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, AZ, Jan. 2017
Interrupture, Prelude, Posit, Bone Bouquet AWP 2017 Off-site event, DC Arts Center, Washington DC, Feb. 2017
The Boiler Journal AWP 2017 Off-site event, The Pub & The People, Washington DC, Feb. 2017
Canal Convergence, presented by Scottsdale Public Art & Four Chambers Press, Scottsdale Waterfront, Feb. 2017
