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CAConrad (born 1966) is an American poet, professor, and the author of seven books. They were based in Philadelphia and later Asheville, North Carolina and Athens, Georgia.[1][2][3]

C. A. Conrad
Conrad in 2018
Born	(1966-01-01) January 1, 1966 (age 56) Topeka, Kansas, US
Occupation	poet
Language	English
Nationality	American
Genre	Poetry

Early life

CAConrad was born January 1, 1966, in Topeka, Kansas, and grew up in Boyertown, Pennsylvania.[2] Their mother was a fourteen-year-old runaway and father was a Vietnam War veteran, their mother married three times.[2]

Conrad was bullied as a child and stated in the feature film documentary, The Book of Conrad (2015), "People called me ‘faggot’ more than they called me my name."[4]

Career

Conrad is known for using and inventing the poetic form of "[Soma]tics."[5] This form is a sort of writing prompt/personal exercise in being engaged in the present moment.

Conrad was one of the two poets in the short film, I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead (2018) by filmmaker Beatrice Gibson, also featured was poet Eileen Myles.[6][7][8]

Conrad was a 2014 Lannan Fellow, a 2013 MacDowell Fellow, and a 2011 Pew Fellow, they also conduct workshops on (Soma)tic poetry and Ecopoetics.[9][10] Their book While Standing in Line for Death won a 2018 Lambda Book Award.[11]

In 2019, Conrad cancelled their planned appearance at the Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York because of the organizations support of artist Tobias Madison, who was accused of domestic violence.[12]

Conrad teaches poetry at Columbia University and the Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam.[3]

Personal life

Conrad identifies as Queer.[13][11] In 1998, Conrad's boyfriend Mark Holmes (aka. Earth) was violently murdered in Tennessee.[2][14][4]

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

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Notes
2015	The Book of Conrad	Self	documentary film	[4]
2015	Boyland	Jeremiah	short film	[15]
2018	I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead	Script writing / poetry	short film	[6][7]

References

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

• Conrad, CA (2018-01-07). "CAConrad". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
• "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

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