SIN BUG
2025
Tenderbooks, UK
Description
he wrote “I have AIDS
and kissed this wall”
X marked the spot
I wrote “I’m not afraid”
and kissed him back
wherever he is
SIN BUG is a new book by poet-activist CAConrad combining essay, memoir and (Soma)tic poetry rituals. Documenting the pervasive homophobic violence of the 1980s and the overwhelming losses of AIDS, this work is an unwavering testament to queer resilience. CA’s text forms a resounding incantation to friends and lovers lost.
Commissioned by Tamsin Clark
Coordinated by Harri Welch
Designed by Kia Tasbihgou
Edited by Lillian Wilkie
Printed by Printon, Tallinn