Magdalena Zurawski and CA Conrad Reading / January 30, 2009
Event report
On January 30, 2009, fiction writer Magdalena Zurawski and poet CA Conrad read to an audience of about 35 people in Soderberg Auditorium for the second event of the Spring 2009 schedule. Steve Evans introduced the writers, who each read for about 25 minutes. Conrad read from The Book of Frank and Soma(tic) Midge. Zurawski read excerpts from her book The Bruise. Afterward, Zurawski and Conrad took questions from the audience.
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Set list
Introduction by Steve Evans
CA Conrad
by Bernadette Mayer 鈥淪onnet鈥
by Susie Timmons 鈥淎 Ghostly Shark鈥
Selections from the project 鈥淩othko7鈥
Selections from Soma(tic) Midge
Selections from The Book of Frank
Magdalena Zurawski
Selections from The Bruise
The Bridge
A Splinter in the Belly
The Wool Coat
The Bruise
Questions
(for Conrad) How did people at the Museum of Art in Philly respond to you coming to the museum to look at the painting through binoculars?
(for Conrad) Can you give a little background on the Philadelphia sound poets?
(for Conrad) What other experiments [like the 鈥淪oma(tics) experiment] do you do to help fuel your poetry writing?
(for Conrad and Zurawski) Do you feel heavily influenced by other writers?
(for Conrad) Do you visit the Modern Museum in Philadelphia?
(for Conrad) What influences do various mythologies have on your work?
(for Zurawski) I noticed that repetition came up in your work; was that a conscious decision?