Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return (excerpt)
CAConrad
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- May 9, 2022
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- What Sparks Poetry
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“25 shard” and “poem for JS5” from LISTEN TO THE GOLDEN BOOMERANG RETURN by CAConrad.
Published by When is Now in 2022.
Copyright © 2022 by CAConrad.
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CAConrad has been working with the ancient technologies of poetry and ritual since 1975. Their new book is AMANDA PARADISE: Resurrect Extinct Vibration (Wave Books, 2021). They received a Creative Capital grant, a Pew Fellowship, a Lambda Literary Award, and a Believer Magazine Book Award. Their play The Obituary Show was made into a film in 2022 by Augusto Cascales. They teach at Columbia University in New York City and Sandberg Art Institute in Amsterdam. You can find them online at https://linktr.ee/CAConrad88

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