11/6/09 DRAG POETRY BENEFIT!

Giovanni's Room
12th & Pine
PHILADELPHIA, 5:30pm

our drag queen & drag king poets are:

Frank Sherlock
Juliana Spahr
Eleanor Wilner
Ebony Malaika Collier
Carlos Soto Roman
Janet Mason
Debrah Morkun
Chris Gullo

THIS IS A BENEFIT for The Global Women's Strike, one of the HARDEST working group of activists in Philadelphia who help poor, single mothers like few other groups! They're an international organization, see their site here: http://www.globalwomenstrike.net We're asking for 20 dollar donations, BUT IF YOU HAVE LESS, PLEASE COME ANYWAY and give what you can! NO ONE TURNED AWAY!

11/1/09 celebration for BLUETS

CELEBRATING the release of Maggie Nelson's BLUETS (Wave Books, 2009)

11/1/09 @ 7pm
at CABINET
300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn

performers include: Eileen Myles, Maggie Nelson, Wayne Koestenbaum, Rebecca Baron, Douglas Goodwin, and CAConrad

10/26 for ALL SMALL CAPS



reading with THE AMAZING Susie Timmons for the ALL SMALL CAPS SERIES (I LOVE THE NAME!) on October 26th, in Wendell, Massachusetts!

Please see the link to their site for directions!
CAN'T WAIT!

10/21/09 UNC, ASHEVILLE, NC


ASHEVILLE BOUND!

reading at UNC
Asheville, NC

copies of Advanced Elvis Course
on hand at event

10/21, 730pm

1 University Heights, Asheville NC 28804
(we'll be in building #4--the Glasshouse)

10/20 POEM TALK: Spicer

POEM TALK SERIES
We'll be discussing Jack Spicer's poem
"PSYCHOANALYSIS: AN ELEGY"

4:30pm
Kelly Writers House on the PENN Campus

Al Filreis will moderate the discussion with
Ron Silliman
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
CAConrad

10/17/09 SUPER 8 DAY!


Ish Klein
Frank Sherlock
CAConrad

reading poems over
HOME MOVIES by some
of Philly's best
movie makers

4 RICH WEXLER & FRIENDS @
International House
noon to 4pm
38 and Chestnut

10/16/09 Giovanni's Room Bookstore

poetry HOPE YOU CAN MAKE THIS EVENT!

CAConrad
Mark Bibbins
Nathaniel Sielgel

October 16th, 530pm
GIOVANNI'S ROOM BOOKSTORE
corner of 12th & Pine, Philadelphia

Mark Bibbins is the author of Sky Lounge and the brand new book The Dance of No Hard Feelings. He is the founder of LIT Magazine, and teaches at The New School in New York City.

Nathaniel Siegel is an anti-war activist, poet, photographer who lives in New York City. His book TONY is now available from Brenda Iijima's Portable Press. (psst, CAConrad wrote a (Soma)tic Reading Enhancement for TONY, which you can see at this link, it's the 2nd entry)

CAConrad will be reading some new (Soma)tic Poetry Exercises and their poems fuckt sideways

PLEASE PURCHASE THESE AND OTHER BOOKS AT GIOVANNI'S ROOM BOOKSTORE, IF YOU COME TO THE READING AND THERE'S A BOOK YOU WANT BUT IT'S NOT ON THE SHELF (NO MATTER WHAT IT IS) PLEASE ASK FOR IT TO BE ORDERED FOR YOU, GIOVANNI'S ROOM BOOKSTORE NEEDS OUR FULL SUPPORT MORE THAN EVER. THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND OLDEST LGBT BOOKSTORE! THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!

10/12/09 kari edwards EVENT!

DIXON PLACE
161 Chrystie St. NYC, Doors open at 7pm; event begins at 7:30pm sharp admission is $6 at the door

CELEBRATING THE WORK OF kari edwards
and the book release of her book BHARAT JIVA, and NO GENDER: Reflections on the Life & Work of kari edwards (edited by Julian T. Brolask, Erica Kaufman, & E. Tracy Grinnell)

READING WILL BE:
Fran Blau, Anne Waldman, Lisa Jarnot, Bill Marsh, Brenda Iijima, Chris Martin, Marcus Civin, Tim Peterson, CAConrad, Rob Halpern

10/11/09 JOE MILFORD Poetry Show!

8pm Eastern Standard Time, Joe Milford will interview me and I'll read some poems for the show as well. If you can't tune in LIVE, look for it at the Joe Milford ARCHIVES in the near future.