C. A. Conrad
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Nationality | American |
Genre | Poetry |
C. A. Conrad is the author of seven books including ECODEVIANCE: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness, A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon, The Book of Frank. A 2014 Lannan Fellow, a 2013 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2011 Pew Fellow, they also conduct workshops on (Soma)tic poetry and Ecopoetics.[1]
(Soma)tics
Conrad is known for using and inventing the poetic form of "[Soma]tics."[2] This form is a sort of writing prompt/personal exercise in being engaged in the present moment.
Bibliography
- Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006) ISBN 9781932360875, OCLC 57506566
- Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, 2009) ISBN 9781593762438, OCLC 276339539
- The Book of Frank (Wave Books, 2010/Chax Press, 2009) ISBN 9781933517490, OCLC 645248360
- The City Real & Imagined (with Frank Sherlock) (Factory School Books, 2010)
- A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics (Wave Books, 2012) ISBN 9781933517599, OCLC 752471228
- Ecodeviance : (soma)tics for the future wilderness (Wave Books, 2014) ISBN 9781940696010, OCLC 956321378
- PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (were you high when you said this?) (Worms Press, 2014)
- While Standing in Line for Death (Wave Books, 2017). ISBN 9781940696553, OCLC 962409884
Early life
In 1998 Conrad's boyfriend, Mark Holmes (AKA Earth) was murdered in Tennessee.[3][4]
Conrad was bullied as a child and stated in the feature documentary, The Book of Conrad, "People called me ‘faggot’ more than they called me my name.”[4]
References
- ^ "CAConrad". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Somatic Exercises" (PDF). U Penn.
- ^ "I Loved Earth Years Ago - PEN America". pen.org. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ^ a b "The Ritualized Anger of a Queer Poet". Hyperallergic. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
Further reading
- Soto, Christopher (September 10, 2015). CA CONRAD: ON THE FILM ‘THE BOOK OF CONRAD’ AND HIS LIFE IN POETRY lambdaliterary.org
External links
- Ridker, Andrew (2017-07-06). "Queer Bubbles". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
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(help) - "The Rumpus Interview With CA Conrad". The Rumpus.net. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- Conrad, CA (2018-01-07). "CAConrad". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
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(help) - "Late 2010 - CA Conrad, «The Book of Frank», reviewed by Eileen Myles". Jacket 40. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
- CAConrad's blog
- CAConrad's Author Page at Wave Books
- CAConrad's (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals