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 " omaics." 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

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, 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

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. In 2019, Conrad cancelled their planned appearance at the

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because of the organizations support of artist

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, who was accused of domestic violence. Conrad teaches poetry at Columbia University and the Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam.

Personal life

Conrad identifies as

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

Bibliography

*''Deviant Propulsion'' (Soft Skull Press, 2006) , *''Advanced Elvis Course'' (Soft Skull Press, 2009) , *''The Book of Frank'' ( Wave Books, 2010/ Chax Press, 2009) , *''The City Real & Imagined'' (with Frank Sherlock) (Factory School Books, 2010) *''A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics'' (Wave Books, 2012) , *''Ecodeviance : (soma)tics for the future wilderness'' (Wave Books, 2014) , *''PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (were you high when you said this?)'' (Worms Press, 2014) *''While Standing in Line for Death'' (Wave Books, 2017). ,

Filmography

References

External links

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CAConrad's blog

CAConrad's Author Page at Wave Books

CAConrad's (Soma)tic Poetry Rituals
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