CAConrad
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CAConrad is an American poet, living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
. He is the recipient of the Gil Ott Book Award for The Book of Frank (Chax Press, 2009/Wave Books
, 2010). He is also the author, with poet Frank Sherlock, of The City Real & Imagined (Factory School Books, 2010), Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press
, 2009), and numerous other chapbooks and collections. In 2011, he was awarded a Pew Fellowship by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
. He is the recipient of the Gil Ott Book Award for The Book of Frank (Chax Press, 2009/Wave Books
Wave Books
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2005, joining forces with Western Massachusetts-based poetry publisher Verse Press , and has published over fifty books, including works by Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Matthew Rohrer, Eileen Myles, Tyehimba...
, 2010). He is also the author, with poet Frank Sherlock, of The City Real & Imagined (Factory School Books, 2010), Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press
Soft Skull Press
Soft Skull Press is an independent publisher founded by Sander Hicks in 1992, and run by Richard Eoin Nash from 2001 to 2009. In 2007, Nash sold Soft Skull to Counterpoint LLC, where it continues to function as a division of the press...
, 2009), and numerous other chapbooks and collections. In 2011, he was awarded a Pew Fellowship by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.