You do not want to miss our next POD! We'll host CA Conrad and Tracy K. Smith on October 13th at 6:30 at the Red Horse Cafe in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
CAConrad is a recipient of a 2011 Pew Fellowship in the Arts. He is the author of A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon (Wave Books, 2012), The Book of Frank (Wave Books, 2010), Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, 2009), Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006), and a collaboration with poet Frank Sherlock titled The City Real & Imagined (Factory School, 2010). The son of white trash asphyxiation, his childhood included selling cut flowers along the highway for his mother and helping her shoplift. Visit him online at http://CAConrad.blogspot.com
- To see his new film (under 2 minutes): THE SINGING RINGS OF SATURN: http://youtu.be/61D3Kogw8tM
- Milano's Poetry Series: http://MilanoPHILADELPHIA.blogspot.com
Tracy K. Smith is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Life on Mars (Graywolf Press 2011). She is the recipient of the James Laughlin Award, a Whiting Writers' Award, and a Rona Jaffe Award, among other honors. She is an assistant professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University.