Английская Википедия:C. A. Conrad

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer 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.

Early life

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

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."

Career

Conrad is known for using and inventing the poetic form of "[Soma]tics." 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.

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. Their book While Standing in Line for Death won a 2018 Lambda Book Award. Amanda Paradise: Resurrect Extinct Vibration received a 2022 PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Literary Award.

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.

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

Personal life

Conrad identifies as Queer. In 1998, Conrad's boyfriend Mark Holmes (aka. Earth) was violently murdered in Tennessee.

Bibliography

• Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006) Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:OCLC
• Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, 2009) Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:OCLC
• The Book of Frank (Wave Books, 2010/Chax Press, 2009) Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:OCLC
• The City Real & Imagined (with Frank Sherlock) (Factory School Books, 2010)
• A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics (Wave Books, 2012) Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:OCLC
• Ecodeviance : (soma)tics for the future wilderness (Wave Books, 2014) Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:OCLC
• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (were you high when you said this?) (Worms Press, 2014)
• While Standing in Line for Death (Wave Books, 2017) Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:OCLC
• Amanda Paradise: Resurrect Extinct Vibration (Wave Books, 2021) Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:OCLC
• You Don't Have What It Takes To Be My Nemesis: And Other (Soma)tics (Penguin Books, 2023) Шаблон:ISBN, Шаблон:OCLC

Filmography

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

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

• Шаблон:Cite web
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• CAConrad's blog
• CAConrad's Author Page at Wave Books
• CAConrad's (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals

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