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CAConrad

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born

January 01, 1966 in Topeka, Kansas

website

http://CAConrad.blogspot.com

genre

Poetry

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Kafka, drag queens, ELVIS, chocolate, vodka

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June 2007

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CAConrad is a recipient of the 2011 Pew Fellowship in the Arts, and the 2009 Gil Ott Book Award. He is the author of A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon (Wave Books, 2012), The Book of Frank (Wave Books, 2010), Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, 2009), Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006), and a collaboration with poet Frank Sherlock titled The City Real & Imagined (Factory School, 2010). The son of white trash asphyxiation, his childhood included selling cut flowers along the highway for his mother and helping her shoplift. Visit him online at http://CAConrad.blogspot.com and also with his friends at http://PhillySound.blogspot.com

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Average rating: 4.68 · 546 ratings · 82 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Book of Frank 4.72 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Deviant Propulsion by CAConrad (Goodreads Author), C. a. Conrad 4.70 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Advanced Elvis Course by CAConrad (Goodreads Author), C. a. Conrad 4.71 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	(Soma)tic Midge by CAConrad (Goodreads Author), C. a. Conrad 4.86 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	The Frank Poems by CAConrad (Goodreads Author), Holger Ernst 4.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics 4.83 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012	My rating:
	The City Real and Imagined by CAConrad (Goodreads Author), Frank Sherlock (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	a little orange bag believe it or not CAN hold all that remains 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	CAConrad Poetry Trading Card #17 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Touch Yourself for Art 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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CAConrad gave to: At the Point by Joseph Massey (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
This is amazing. Starkness here feels like everything the world can filter in a mere FLASH! Massey can put it all in such small spaces. Here's an amazing example: (first page from THE LACK OF section) Sunset's requisite sparrows clamor in the shrubbery. H...more
Jun 16, 2011 07:01am · see review
CAConrad gave to: LONELY TOAST by Amy Berkowitz (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Amy Berkowtiz is marvelous! Read this one: LONELY TOAST Lonely toast Come home I have marmalade And butter Marmalade and blankets Marmalade and your favorite Pretenders record And there's something wrong With the arm on my turntable And the last song just plays...more
Jun 12, 2011 09:30pm · see review
CAConrad gave to: Flaming Telepaths by Lauren Levin (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
I'm a huge fan! I'll read ANYTHING she writes! This is available as a PDF! Aren't we lucky???? http://www.h-ngm-n.com/storage/Flamin...
Jun 11, 2011 09:47pm · see review
CAConrad gave to: We are All Good If They Try Hard Enough by Mike Young (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
I just reread this today, hands-down one of my favorite books of 2010!!!!!!!! It made the TOP PICKS of Believer Magazine http://www.believermag.com/issues/201... It's definitely a book of poetry you WILL return to and read from cover to cover. This 2n...more
Jun 11, 2011 04:50pm · see review
CAConrad gave to: CAConrad Poetry Trading Card #17 by CAConrad (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
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CAConrad gave to: MUGGED into poetry by CAConrad (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Here is the exercise :::: http://somaticpoetryexercises.blogspo...
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CAConrad gave to: The New Old Paint by Susie Timmons	My rating:
This is my review from The Poetry Project Newsletter. Thank to Corina Copp for publishing it, and for everyone at St. Mark's Poetry Project, home to innovative poetics! ------------- Twenty years after her award-winning collection LOCKED FROM THE OUTSI...more
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CAConrad gave to: Kings of the Fucking Sea by Dan Boehl	My rating:
This is no bullshit this title, Dan's book really is KING OF THE FUCKING SEA! Check it out http://www.birdsllc.com/index.php?opt... MARK ROTHKO and JACK SPICER are both captains! HOW COULD IT BE ANYTHING BUT SUBLIME????? “There is no level / in my mind...more
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CAConrad gave to: Black Life by Dorothea Lasky (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
I've just reread this book. How do I say that Dorothea Lasky is one of the best poets I know? I guess I just did. She is. She is one of those poets who will destroy you in one sitting. One of the things I LOVE about knowing her as a person is that he...more
Apr 13, 2011 07:27am · see review

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“I'm not the kind of faggot who wants to put a rainbow sticker on a machine gun.”
― CAConrad

tags: homosexuality , war

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“In a world of watered-down bestsellers and formula novels, Hitching to Nirvana eases back just enough to show the blade which cuts the real open, then bolts forward again, giving us a charged, swerving dance to self-actualization. Hitching to Nirvana is a magnetic forcefield, not just pulling us beautifully into the story, but into our own lives. It's rare when a writer can open the shared world with such a deft, personal touch. Janet Mason is a genius.”
― CAConrad, The Book of Frank

tags: lgbtq-literature , literary , women-s-fiction

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“for love

Frank spoke softly
into envelopes
instead of
writing
letters”
― CAConrad

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“Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.”
― Yoko Ono

tags: death , honesty , life , truth

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“We name us and then we are lost, tamed
I choose words, more words, to cure the tameness, not the wildness”
― Alice Notley, Mysteries of Small Houses

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“A man was the cause of it.
An unarmed man with a weapon.”
― Frank O'Hara

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“I grant you that, if you'll admit, as I do, that we are pawns of an unknown force that lives within us that dictates our actions and compels us to speak this language.”
― Jean Cocteau

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message 14: by Mel Chris

Jun 11, 2011 06:31am

Thank u CaConrad for ur friendship here ;-)

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Happy reading!!

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message 13: by Ed

Feb 16, 2011 11:38am

Thanks so much for adding me as a friend, Conrad. I greatly appreciate it and would be honored if you'd download a sample of my first novel "Forbidden Steps". The link below contains purchase info and many reviews at the bottom of the page as you scroll down.

Here's hoping you have a terrific day and here's the link, Ed

http://www.craftweb.org/web/ed/book.html

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message 12: by Schmitty (last edited Jun 02, 2009 04:44pm)

Jun 02, 2009 04:44pm

no i havent, but ill check it out. :] thanks and i like your 'influences'.

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message 11: by Bradley

Aug 17, 2008 06:45am

I hope you are having a good day. =)

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message 10: by Beth

Aug 07, 2008 10:40am

Hi CA,
Thanks for the friend request. I'm always happy to befriend a fellow author.

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message 9: by Daniel

Jul 21, 2008 12:38pm

CA, I've added Deviant Propulsion and your other books to my to-read list.

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message 8: by Bridget

Jun 07, 2008 02:32pm

Hey Conrad, thanks for the add! I love Philadelphia by the way, my best friend and business partner lives there. Have a great day.

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message 7: by maria

Jun 05, 2008 05:00pm

Hey there,CA
Thank you for add me as your friends.
Its my honor to be in your friends list.
Best regards
Maria

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message 6: by Andrea

Jun 05, 2008 10:14am

Thanks for being a friend.
Andrea M. Kulman, Author of "The Drama Unfolds"

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message 5: by Michele

Jun 03, 2008 06:00am

thanks for the ad CA. Michele marchetti
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message 4: by Rosemary

May 25, 2008 06:56pm

Thanks for the invitation. Your preference for chocolate reminds me of a highlight of today--my first visit to Chocolat du Monde (in Houston) and my first taste of a dark chocolate truffle laced with violets. Wishing you something as delectable.

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message 3: by Cyn

May 11, 2008 12:21pm

Thank you for your friends request. You have an interesting taste in books. I look forward to seeing what else you're reading.

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message 2: by Tony

May 10, 2008 09:25am

CA,

Thanks for your friendship request. I see we have something in common--we were both born in the same neighborhood! Always nice to meet a fellow Milky Wayian.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Tony

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message 1: by Robert

May 09, 2008 07:20pm

Blessings to you. Hope all is well!

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