CAConrad. Wave (Consortium, dist.), $22 trade paper (160p) ISBN 978-1940696-01-0
"Anyone who makes us remember we are naked animals under these clothes is dangerous," declares Conrad (A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon), and by that very definition the author himself is indeed dangerous. The poet, performer, and essayist has earned
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John Wieners, edited by Joshua Beckman, Robert Dewhurst, and CA Conrad. Wave (Consortium, dist.), $22 trade paper (216p) ISBN 978-1-940696-19-5
The figure of John Wieners (1934–2002) often gets forgotten amid the cacophony of the culturally louder Beat poets and among the bigger names of the Black Mountain School, but in this marvelous selection Beckman, Dewhurst, and Conrad heed Weiners’s...
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C. A. Conrad, Author . Soft Skull $13.95 (99p) ISBN 978-1-932360-87-5
Sexy and outrageous, Conrad's debut fuses the confidence of the beats and the casual demeanor of more recent downtown New York performance poetry into short lines, exclamations and admonishments. Conrad's sentences can include a whimsy...
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