{"product_id":"a-beautiful-marsupial-afternoon-new-soma-tics","title":"A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)Tics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"He's a poet for our time like Ginsberg was for his.\"--Eileen Myles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Conrad's work shows us that the body itself is the first source of alienation and estrangement from the self, and is thus the true subject of poetry. Only by engaging this body . . . can we achieve transport.\"--\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is the best Love you've ever had in this world? Be quiet while thinking about that Love. If someone comes along and starts talking, quietly shoo them away, you're busy, you're a poet with a penny in your mouth. . . . Now get your pen and paper and write about POVERTY, write line after line about starvation and deprivation from the voice of one who has been Loved in this world.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCAConrad's (Soma)tic exercises desire to literally crack open existence as we know it. \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential how-to book for anyone interested in breaking through their perceived limitations to become a more politically and physically engaged writer. Incorporating unorthodox steps in the writing process, these twenty-seven exercises and their corresponding poems confirm Conrad's unwavering belief in poetry as a necessary practice for being.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCAConrad\u003c\/b\u003e, a 2011 PEW Fellow in the Arts, is the author of five books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frank\u003c\/i\u003e (Wave Books, 2010\/Chax Press, 2009). He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCAConrad is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Frank\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAdvanced Elvis Course\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e(Soma)tic Midge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeviant Propulsion\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collaboration with poet Frank Sherlock titled \u003ci\u003eThe City Real \u0026amp; Imagined\u003c\/i\u003e. The son of white trash asphyxiation, his childhood included selling cut flowers along the highway for his mother and helping her shoplift.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649292898578,"sku":"9781933517599","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_105532d4-0881-4570-aee9-b5f9c431cb6b.jpg?v=1733259618","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-beautiful-marsupial-afternoon-new-soma-tics","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}