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Cornelius Eady on Who Really Broke Up The Beatles, Cave Canem, & Record Deals Having a Coke with You
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Hey poets & poetry lovers! I'm so thrilled to present this episode with a poetry wonder: the prolific Cornelius Eady!
Cornelius Eady is the author of eight books of poetry, including Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems (Putnam, April 2008). His second book, Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, won the Lamont Prize from the Academy of American Poets in 1985; in 2001 Brutal Imagination was a finalist for the National Book Award. His work in theater includes the libretto for an opera, “Running Man,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1999. His play, “Brutal Imagination,” won Newsday’s Oppenheimer award in 2002.
In 1996 Eady co-founded, with writer Toi Derricotte, the Cave Canem summer workshop/retreat for African American poets. More than a decade later, Cave Canem is a thriving national network of black poets, as well as an institution offering regional workshops, readings, a first book prize, and the summer retreat.
Eady has been a teacher for more than twenty years, and is now a professor at Notre Dame University.
Thank you so much Cornelius for having a coke with us today!
This podcast is brought to you by The Poetry Society of New York and the Radio Drama Network. Become a member of PSNY today! Visit poetrysocietyny.org to learn more, & follow us on social media @poetrysocietyny!
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Hey poets & poetry lovers! I'm so thrilled to present this episode with a poetry wonder: the prolific Cornelius Eady!
Cornelius Eady is the author of eight books of poetry, including Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems (Putnam, April 2008). His second book, Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, won the Lamont Prize from the Academy of American Poets in 1985; in 2001 Brutal Imagination was a finalist for the National Book Award. His work in theater includes the libretto for an opera, “Running Man,” which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1999. His play, “Brutal Imagination,” won Newsday’s Oppenheimer award in 2002.
In 1996 Eady co-founded, with writer Toi Derricotte, the Cave Canem summer workshop/retreat for African American poets. More than a decade later, Cave Canem is a thriving national network of black poets, as well as an institution offering regional workshops, readings, a first book prize, and the summer retreat.
Eady has been a teacher for more than twenty years, and is now a professor at Notre Dame University.
Thank you so much Cornelius for having a coke with us today!
This podcast is brought to you by The Poetry Society of New York and the Radio Drama Network. Become a member of PSNY today! Visit poetrysocietyny.org to learn more, & follow us on social media @poetrysocietyny!
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poetrysocietyny/support
1 hr 3 min