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 Conrad in 2018 | |
| Born | January 1, 1966 Topeka, Kansas, US |
| Occupation | poet |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
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]
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]
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] Amanda Paradise: Resurrect Extinct Vibration received a 2022 PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Literary Award. In 2022, they were awarded a Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement in poetry. [12]
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. [13]
Conrad teaches poetry at Columbia University and the Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam. [3]
Conrad identifies as Queer. [14] [11] In 1998, Conrad's boyfriend Mark Holmes (aka. Earth) was violently murdered in Tennessee. [2] [15] [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Notes |
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| 2015 | The Book of Conrad | Self | documentary film | [4] |
| 2015 | Boyland | Jeremiah | short film | [16] |
| 2018 | I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead | Script writing / poetry | short film | [6] [7] |
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