{"title":"CAConrad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCAConrad\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a unique blend of poetry and experimental writing that challenges conventional forms and explores profound themes through a lyrical lens. Their work often intertwines the personal with the political, inviting readers into a reflective space that honours identity, nature, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e category, CAConrad’s books like \u003cem\u003eAMANDA PARADISE\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Frank\u003c\/em\u003e evoke a vivid, immersive experience that pushes boundaries and expands the possibilities of contemporary poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-book-of-frank-by-caconrad-9781933517490","title":"The Book of Frank","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2009 Gil Ott Book Award, this expanded edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Frank\u003c\/em\u003e features additional \"Frank\" poems and an essay by Eileen Myles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraised by poet Anne Waldman as a \"voyeuresque surreal portrait,\" \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Frank\u003c\/em\u003e is also, in the words of poet-critic Alan Gilbert, a \"candid portrayal of human cruelty and its resultant fantasies of escape.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455754191084,"sku":"9781933517490","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/41O8ZGLycpL.jpg?v=1774796523"},{"product_id":"amanda-paradise-by-caconrad-9781950268429","title":"AMANDA PARADISE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormer United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith wrote in the New York Times, \"CAConrad's poems invite the reader to become an agent in a joint act of recovery, to step outside of passivity and propriety and to become susceptible to the illogical and the mysterious.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems in \u003cem\u003eAMANDA PARADISE\u003c\/em\u003e: Resurrect Extinct Vibration reach out from a (Soma)tic poetry ritual where CA flooded their body with the field recordings of recently extinct animals. Foundational here are the memories of loved ones who died of AIDS, the daily struggle of existing through the Corona Virus pandemic, and the effort to arrive at a new way of falling in love with the world as it is, not as it was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460151427308,"sku":"9781950268429","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781950268429-amanda-paradise.jpg?v=1774944784"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/caconrad.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}