CAConrad and Anna Mendelssohn: the poem that could not wait

This publication accompanies the exhibition (01.05.26-24.05.26) which saw two of the most iconic and politically intelligent voices in contemporary poetry enter conversation. The book contains reproductions of all the poems and drawings from the exhibition, along with an introduction from Prof. Sara Crangle (University of Sussex) and an exhibition essay from poet-curator Iain Morrison.

Since her death in 2009, Mendelssohn’s work has gained the interest of audiences through an increasing array of publication and exhibition contexts. American poet CAConrad spent time among the University of Sussex’s archives that hold an extraordinary store of Mendelssohn’s distinctive drawn and handwritten manuscripts. They prepared nine of their own poems to be presented and, with Iain Morrison, selected nine of Mendelssohn’s previously unpublished works to reproduce alongside theirs at their trademark larger-than-human scale. The show took place in Fruitmarket’s Warehouse.