{"product_id":"first-light","title":"First Light","description":"\u003c!--AUTHOR AND PAGE DETAILS--\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/wavepoetry.com\/products\/caconrad\"\u003eCAConrad\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/wavepoetry.com\/products\/dale-martin-smith\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/wavepoetry.com\/products\/joshua-beckman\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!--END DETAILS--\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca class=\"active\" href=\"#tab1\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"#tab2\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab1\" class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003eIn this powerful meditation on sunrise, beloved poet CAConrad presents an electrifying new collection of poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222; background: white;\"\u003eGuided by a (Soma)tic poetry ritual for writing while observing sunrise—in person and across the world via live public webcam footage—\u003ci\u003eFirst Light \u003c\/i\u003eis permeated with the immediacy of living through anthropocenic times and the murmurs of relations past and present. CAConrad's distinctive poems emerge from the page in sculptural forms, which have been shown in museum and gallery exhibitions in the US and around the world. At once contemplative and stirring, these poems “sing on behalf of the whole organism.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c!--END DESCRIPTION--\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"tab2\"\u003e\n\u003c!--REVIEWS--\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrevious Praise:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCAConrad’s aim is to unplug from the corporate machine and reconnect themselves and their readers with the earth and animals and other people. This is poetry with real ambition that wants to hug us – it’s big, it’s queer and, like paprika, you can never have enough of it.\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Terry, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAConrad does an excellent job of fusing their innovative, but very much down-to-earth poetic technique with their politically-engaged sensibilities to create work that speaks to the aesthetic and political concerns of the contemporary moment.\u003cbr\u003eAndrea Syzdek, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAConrad always argues (from the inside of their poems) for a poetry of radical inclusivity while keeping a very queer shoulder to the wheel. Their kind of queerness strikes me as nonpolarizing, not intentionally but because of the fullness of their exposition, a kind of gigantism that seems to me to be most deeply informed by love, and a tenderness for the ravages and tumult of existence.\u003cbr\u003eEileen Myles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when I don’t always know how to make sense of what’s going on, CAConrad serves as a cleareyed seer.\u003cbr\u003eJillian Steinhauer, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s very possible that CAConrad is the most interesting poet currently working in the United States.\u003cbr\u003eKevin O'Rourke, \u003cem\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was a time some of us believed poetry and poets could save the world; CAConrad never stopped believing it—and in that belief, and in poems produced under the sign of belief, we can witness an extroverted existentialism that just may be the last best hope for poets and non-poets alike.\u003cbr\u003eSeth Abramson, \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConrad must be one of the most original practitioners of poetry forging new territory.\u003cbr\u003eSean Singer, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis books are filled with alluringly odd and dark images that could rival William S. Burroughs. Conrad, an out-and-proud gay activist, fills his poems with his own brand of spirituality and loving gay sexuality.\u003cbr\u003eA.D. Amorosi, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is rare to find a poet who can admit, without losing face, that the voice of the world is often their own. It is still more rare to find one who can do so without losing our interest. CAConrad is one such poet.\u003cbr\u003eMary Wilson, \u003ci\u003eMake Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConrad isn’t interested in that sort of perfection; it’s the messy business of being in the world that Conrad is after, and which allows him to reach for “seismic levels of wildness.” \u003cbr\u003eAbraham Avnisan, \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"publication\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: April 6, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN# 9798891060517(6 x 9, 80pp, trade paperback)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CAConrad","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68211454411056,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0117\/1312\/files\/COVERFirstLight_5887e7cb-51d8-4821-a7df-77a0ba547fe4.jpg?v=1793377947","url":"https:\/\/www.wavepoetry.com\/products\/first-light","provider":"Wave Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}