Media
Performance, the Center for Poetry at Michigan State University
3/18/21
Review of Triage, Harbor Review Magazine
6/30/20
Feast: A Performance Series
4/20/20
Reading from Triage, Harbor Review
3/30/20
Dead Rabbits Podcast
Episode #48, 2/6/20
Duck Lake Books, Press Release
Triage, forthcoming in January 2020
Curlew Monthly Podcast
No. 6, 11/22/18
Third Coast Cast
3/31/18
3/18/21
Review of Triage, Harbor Review Magazine
6/30/20
Feast: A Performance Series
4/20/20
Reading from Triage, Harbor Review
3/30/20
Dead Rabbits Podcast
Episode #48, 2/6/20
Duck Lake Books, Press Release
Triage, forthcoming in January 2020
Curlew Monthly Podcast
No. 6, 11/22/18
Third Coast Cast
3/31/18
"Livestock Management", March 2018 @ Green Kill Art
https://vimeo.com/263596396/e4fee97f11
https://vimeo.com/263596396/e4fee97f11
"Long Island City Landing," March 2018 @ Green Kill Art
https://vimeo.com/263596368/32e6faaa4e
https://vimeo.com/263596368/32e6faaa4e
Mentions
Regarding Triage:
"These are raw, visceral poems full of wounds and hurt. They are also gutsy poems of strength, survival and endurance which turn a mirror on the face of abuse. A powerful read."
-- Review, The Poetry Shed
"There is, dare it be said, hope in these lines. Hope for those people like Persephone who are choked below, wishing to resurface into the spring of their lives... Conklin’s poetry is vivid, informed and rich in poetic value. There can be nothing ill to say in regards to her construction. She is thoughtful and careful when it comes to the use of repetition. She doesn’t rely on it as a crutch. The recurring lines appear naturally, gliding into place."
-- ARC Review, Berry Her With Poems
"Triage" explores the longing, contempt and search for meaning that many artists go through, but without the nihilistic angst that one has come to expect from these themes. With an eye for the brutal truth and an ear for poetic honesty, Conklin dives into pain, grief and contempt with the love and joy of the artist at play, the poet laying bare the soul."
-- Press Release, Duck Lake Books
Other thoughts:
"There are instances of great care and admiration for others in her words, and when she says, "I write because I want my work to be useful to other people," I believe her... I discovered an inherent humility in her process, and within that humility Abigail plays both an outgoing, exuberant and charismatic optimist as well as an insightful, curious, internalizing artist."
- A. Moens, Curlew Quarterly
"... texture, patterns, sensations, and the palpable. It is a feeling of pure sensory detail, washed with imagery and world-building. As a woman, it is also a hyper-real experience-- every breath, every whisper, every touch in Abigail's work feels visceral, like it could literally travel down the length of my back. It's both seductive and exhilarating."
- M. Manda
"She adjusts the mike and scans the room. Then, she takes it over. She chomps through her work. Her words have bite and her delivery…this is not a reading, this is a performance. Remember her name."
- M. Kleinman, This is the Bronx, Weekday Magazine
"These are raw, visceral poems full of wounds and hurt. They are also gutsy poems of strength, survival and endurance which turn a mirror on the face of abuse. A powerful read."
-- Review, The Poetry Shed
"There is, dare it be said, hope in these lines. Hope for those people like Persephone who are choked below, wishing to resurface into the spring of their lives... Conklin’s poetry is vivid, informed and rich in poetic value. There can be nothing ill to say in regards to her construction. She is thoughtful and careful when it comes to the use of repetition. She doesn’t rely on it as a crutch. The recurring lines appear naturally, gliding into place."
-- ARC Review, Berry Her With Poems
"Triage" explores the longing, contempt and search for meaning that many artists go through, but without the nihilistic angst that one has come to expect from these themes. With an eye for the brutal truth and an ear for poetic honesty, Conklin dives into pain, grief and contempt with the love and joy of the artist at play, the poet laying bare the soul."
-- Press Release, Duck Lake Books
Other thoughts:
"There are instances of great care and admiration for others in her words, and when she says, "I write because I want my work to be useful to other people," I believe her... I discovered an inherent humility in her process, and within that humility Abigail plays both an outgoing, exuberant and charismatic optimist as well as an insightful, curious, internalizing artist."
- A. Moens, Curlew Quarterly
"... texture, patterns, sensations, and the palpable. It is a feeling of pure sensory detail, washed with imagery and world-building. As a woman, it is also a hyper-real experience-- every breath, every whisper, every touch in Abigail's work feels visceral, like it could literally travel down the length of my back. It's both seductive and exhilarating."
- M. Manda
"She adjusts the mike and scans the room. Then, she takes it over. She chomps through her work. Her words have bite and her delivery…this is not a reading, this is a performance. Remember her name."
- M. Kleinman, This is the Bronx, Weekday Magazine