POETS IN THE MUSEUM

It has been a dream of mine for years to be an exhibit in a museum as a poet. To take up the space reserved generally for the visual arts.

Tomorrow begins my first experience building (Soma)tic poetry rituals and writing in the museum. For one week I will be throwing my body into the poems.

The artist Jason Dodge named his new show at MACRO after a line from my poem "CAMISADO," in my new book AMANDA PARADISE (Wave Books).

When I enter the museum in Rome tomorrow, I will not step out again for a week. What is most exciting is that I have no idea yet what the rituals will look like.

Many thanks to Jason Dodge, and to everyone at MACRO for this opportunity. Thank you also to the poet Brenda Hillman for the special crystal for these rituals. 

From December 11 to the 16

Details at THIS LINK

If you are in Rome PLEASE JOIN ME in making rituals and writing poems!

UNSETTLING Amsterdam in-person

PLEASE R.S.V.P. me at: 88CAConrad (at) Gmail (dot) com

BOTH EVENTS are at Sandberg Instituut

THURSDAY

December 9

18:00 to 20:00

Presenting new work CROW GIFTS The Jasmine Ascension 

FRIDAY

December 10

11:00 to 16:00

(Soma)tic Ritual Workshop

50th ANNIVERSARY of Diane di Prima's Revolutionary Letters

Please join us for an online event to celebrate this extraordinary book that Ken Chen calls "a time machine toward a better future."

Please see THIS LINK to register

Please see THIS LINK to see the new and expanded edition

 

MONDAY, November 22, 2021 

7PM LONDON

2PM NEW YORK

11AM SAN FRANCISCO

Helen Charman, CAConrad, Sophie Lewis, Mira Mattar, Sarah Shin and Francesca Wade

MANY THANKS to Sarah Shin, Silver Press, and London Review Bookshop

FULL MOON Reading (in-person event)

November 19, 2021

Lemington Spa

England

7pm

Please RSVP 

jonathanskin@me.com

MANY THANKS TO JONATHAN SKINNER!

VOCARIUM READING SERIES on Zoom

Very excited to perform with

DIANE SEUSS

Introduction by 

ARIANA REINES

MONDAY October 18, 2021 

7PM Eastern Time

Harvard University's 

Woodberry Poetry Room

PLEASE CLICK HERE

(to register for event)

MANY THANK to Christina Davis for

the invitation to read with Diane Seuss

OCTOBER 6, 2021 University of New Mexico

Please click HERE

then scroll down to Zoom link

MANY THANKS to Mark McKnight 

and the students at UNM for bringing me

FALL CONVERGENGE 2021

On October 2 I have the honor of 

offering a closing ritual to the gathering

BOOK PARTY with Sawako Nakayasu!!!

PLEASE CLICK HERE 

TO REGISTER 

Sunday, September 12 event

PLEASE CLICK HERE 

FOR DETAILS

Away With Words anthology reading

 

Online BOOK PARTY at Open Books POETRY EMPORIUM in Seattle

SUNDAY September 5, 2021

Please register at THIS link

12 Noon Seattle

3 PM New York

8 PM London

9 PM Berlin

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Open Books is one of the world's very few POETRY-ONLY bookshops! To support Open Books while celebrating my new book, I made THIS handmade chapbook. It is FREE if you purchase AMANDA PARADISE plus one other book by another poet from Open Books. THANK YOU for supporting independent poetry!

MANY THANKS TO Creative Capital for their grant funding and all of their additional support for the writing of this book.

WordSpace DALLAS LIT HOP!

Excited to perform SATURDAY

August 28th 7pm Dallas, Texas time

with Ely Sellers and Opal & Carlos Salas

CLICK HERE FOR THE ZOOM LINK 

Program at THIS link

BOY BOX art show New York City

Please visit THIS LINK for details

INTERVIEW WITH ANNE WALDMAN

Please use THIS LINK for video

Please purchase books at WOODLAND PATTERN BOOK CENTER at THIS LINK

Rest In Peace Callie Gardner who died suddenly on July 8th, 2021

2 shows with Alex Bailey in Vienna

Kultursommer Programm

July 15 

July 17

Details at THIS LINK

JULY 16TH, 2021 for City of Asylum

to watch online

please click HERE to register

Many thanks to my host Celeste Gainey

MOON VOICES exhibition at Tai Kwun

Please click HERE 

Many thanks to the curators at Tai Kwun

BENEFIT READING June 17

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

(Soma)tic Ritual lecture for Städelschule Fine Art Academy in Frankfurt

Due to covid-19 restrictions I am not in Germany as

I had hoped to be, but will instead be giving this talk

via Zoom. Please register at THIS LINK.

Many thanks to the faculty and students at Städelschule

for bringing me. Later this month I will also teach a

series of workshops for the students. And I hope to

visit in person one day in the future.

ANNE WALDMAN: Celebrating A Visionary Outrider Life & Poetics

Please CLICK HERE for more details

I am excited for the opportunity to talk with this great poet!

Many thanks to Woodland Pattern Book Center!