CA Conrad has been working with the ancient technologies of poetry and ritual since 1975. They have been described as the ‘shamanic cult hero of contemporary queer poetry’ and is the author of numerous collections of poetry including Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return (Wave Books, 2024), You Don’t Have What It Takes to Be My Nemesis (Penguin UK, 2023) and most recently Advanced Elvis Course (Peninsula Press, 2024).