Bold Type: First Light by CAConrad

Bold Type: First Light by CAConrad

Bold Type is a new design series from Poetry magazine that brings poetry into public spaces.

This installation, featuring nine poems from their latest book, Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return. Created through CAConrad’s “(soma)tic writing rituals” ––exercises that engage the body and environment to expand perception and the possibilities of language––they speak of ecological grief and a culture corroded by violence while invoking moments of aliveness, love, and liberation.

CAConrad is a polymath writer, teacher, editor, artist, and activist. They have authored nine books of poetry and are known for their writings around ecopoetics, queer politics, and animal rights.

Founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912, Poetry is the oldest monthly journal devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. Harriet Monroe’s “Open Door” policy, outlined in volume one, remains the most succinct statement of Poetry’s mission: to print the best poetry written today, in whatever style, genre, or approach. In recent years, nearly half of the poets published in Poetry have been first-time contributors. Visit the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, at PoetryFoundation.org to learn more.

Located on the lower level of the Pier’s Festival Hall (by garage door 11).