C. A. Conrad

C. A. Conrad (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
Topeka, Kansas, US
Occupationpoet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
GenrePoetry

Early life

C. A. Conrad 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 is 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 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
  1. Murtha, Tara (2012-04-20). "The Rumpus Interview with CA Conrad". The Rumpus. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  2. Ridker, Andrew (2017-07-06). "Queer Bubbles". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  3. "Performance and Talk by CAConrad at Small Arms". Toronto Biennial of Art. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  4. "The Ritualized Anger of a Queer Poet". Hyperallergic. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
  5. "Somatic Exercises" (PDF). U Penn.
  6. "Bar Laika and Projections at the 57th New York Film Festival present: an evening with Beatrice Gibson". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  7. Riddle, Naomi (2019-08-09). "I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead – Beatrice Gibson". Running Dog. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  8. "I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead". LUX. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  9. "CAConrad". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. 2018-01-07. Retrieved 2018-01-07.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. "7 Queer Poets You Should Know". www.advocate.com. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  11. "Two Poems from an Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics". Literary Hub. 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  12. "Poet CA Conrad Cancels Appearance at the Swiss Institute in Solidarity With Alleged Victim of Domestic Abuse". Hyperallergic. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  13. "The Queer Voice: Reparative Poetry Rituals & Glitter Perversions by CAConrad". Poetry Foundation. 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  14. "I Loved Earth Years Ago - PEN America". pen.org. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
  15. "BOYLAND by Gabe Rubin & Felix Bernstein". Brooklyn Film Festival. 2015. Retrieved 2021-01-30.

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