CAConrad

Photo © Michael Ball

Appearing on the Joe Milford Poetry Show, October 11, 2009

• Part One (48:40): MP3
• Part Two (53:45): MP3
• (note: due to technical difficulties, the original program had a ten-minute interruption, which has been edited out here)

Appearing on A Voice Box, September 11, 2009

Complete Reading (42:01): MP3

Studio 111 Session, October 3, 2007

from Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006)

1. "some mornings your hair is" (0:25): MP3
2. In the Black Forest Before the Birth of Rilke (0:08): MP3
3. It's True I Tell Ya My Father Is a 50¢ Party Balloon (0:19): MP3
4. A World Without Condoms (0:27): MP3
5. Crows (1:18): MP3
6. Severed Leg Pirouette (0:17): MP3
7. "the only failure is no love" (0:22): MP3
8. "i'm falling love aimlessly it's nice" (0:35): MP3
9. You Not as Me but You (1:34): MP3
10. Torn Ligament Chorephilia for Marwan (0:58): MP3
11. "carry another sex on your sex" (0:34): MP3
12. The Night River Phoenix Died (0:57): MP3
13. R.S.V.P. (0:37): MP3
14. "he's losing" (0:23): MP3
15. evaporate again (1:44): MP3
16. For Straight Guys Who've Considered Suicide When the K-Y Is Enough (1:12): MP3
17. "dreamt they forced my face" (0:16): MP3
18. "above anything" (0:13): MP3
19. Where Were You March 1st When a Great Poet Died? (0:33): MP3
20. The Distance (0:44): MP3
21. "as though none of us exist" (0:24): MP3
22. For Greg & Alison (0:08): MP3
23. Exist as Real Journey to All Friends (2:25): MP3
24. Subterrestrial Aria for Kevin Killian & Dodie Bellamy: 1st Watch (1:16): MP3
25. Subterrestrial Aria for Kevin Killian & Dodie Bellamy: 2nd Watch (0:44): MP3
26. Imbibe (0:36): MP3
27. "she said shit should never come up in a poem" (0:41): MP3
28. Dear Mister President there was Egg Shell under Your Desk Last Night in My Dream! (3:26): MP3
29. Celebrities I've Seen Offstage (10:30): MP3

from The Book of Frank (Chax Press, 2008)

1. one (0:23): MP3
2. two (0:20): MP3
3. three (0:26): MP3
4. four (0:07): MP3
5. five (0:20): MP3
6. six (0:13): MP3
7. seven (0:11): MP3
8. eight (0:19): MP3
9. nine (0:24): MP3
10. ten (0:27): MP3
11. eleven (0:25): MP3
12. twelve (0:27): MP3
13. thirteen (0:35): MP3
14. fourteen (0:49): MP3
15. fifteen (0:08): MP3
16. sixteen (0:15): MP3
17. seventeen (0:12): MP3
18. eighteen (0:12): MP3

from (Soma)tic Midge (FAUX Press, 2007)

• distorted torque of FLORA'S red
• (written after eating only red foods for a day
• while under the influence of a red wig, right
• side in curls, left side straight) (1:46): MP3

• a little orange bag believe it or not CAN hold all that remains
• (written after eating only orange foods for a day
• while under the influence of an orange ladder
• drawn on my chest with magic marker) (2:15): MP3

• we're on the brink of UTTER befuddlement yellow hankie style
• (written after eating only yellow foods for a day
• while under the influence of a yellow
• condom tucked into my left sock) (1:26): MP3

• say it with grEEn paint for the comfort and healing of their wounds
• (written after eating only green foods for a day
• while under the influence of green nail
• polish on my middle fingers) (2:03): MP3

• rehab saved his life but drugs saved mine at the blue HOUR
• (written after eating only blue foods for a day
• while under the influence of Bobby Vinton's
• "Blue Velvet" played on a continuous
• loop from 6 a.m. to midnight) (1:54): MP3

• smells of summer crotch smells of new car's purple MAjestY
• (written after eating only purple foods for a day
• while under the influence of purple
• clothes-pin nipple-clamps) (2:05): MP3

• from the womb not the anus WHITE asbestos snowfall on 911
• (written after eating only white foods for a day
• while under the influence of "108" written
• on my forehead with fresh semen) (1:44): MP3

Studio 111 Session produced by Michael S. Hennessey

From Six Poets Each Teach One Short Poem to High School Students at the Kelly Writers House, May 12 2009

CAConrad teaches "Wounds in an Imaginary Nature Show" by Frank Sherlock [ PDF ]
(17:29): MP3, QuickTime

Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, April 7, 2007

1. Introduction (1:46): MP3
2. Distorted Torque of Flora's Red2 (1:57): MP3
3. A Little Orange Bag, Believe it or Not, Can Hold all that Remains (2:22): MP3
4. We're on the Brink of Utter Befuddlement, Yellow Hanky Style (2:01): MP3
5. Say it with Green Paint for the Comfort and Healing of their Wounds (2:01): MP3
6. Rehab Saved his Life but Drugs Saved Mine at the Blue Hour (2:54): MP3

"Queering Language" Reading Launch

Recorded at Robin's Bookstore, Philadelphia, March 24, 2007

• Introduction to the reading (3:25): MP3
• "Target," "Torment," "Vacation," "The Plates," by Alexandra Grilikhes (4:00): MP3

Poetry, Politics, Proximity: The Third Annual Kerry Sherin Wright Prize Program

Reading at the Kelly Writers House. Thursday, April 27, 2006

Untitled (8:09):MP3

Ted Pearson Reading at the Kelly Writers House. March 4, 2004

Introduction to the reading (3:10): MP3

Frequency Audio Journal (2004)

Various recordings coedited with Magdalena Zurawski

From Live at the Writers House

Episode 65, September 24, 2007

• Introduction (1:07):MP3
• Frank Poems (3:50): MP3

Episode 54, October 6, 2005

• To the President (3:41): MP3

Episode 31, November 5, 2001

• Excerpts from Advanced Elvis Course (3:20): MP3

Also of Interest:

PhillySound: New Poetry Blog

• June 1, 2009: "Six Poets Each Teach One Short Poem to High School Students"
• October 30, 2007: "CAConrad Studio 111 Session"

© 2007 by CAConrad. These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to CAConrad. Used with permission of the author. Distributed by PennSound.