Cornelius Eady - November 6, 1991

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UA Poetry Center

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Modern Languages Auditorium
Cornelius Eady

Cornelius Eady reads poems from Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1986) and The Gathering of My Name (1991), many of which focus on dancing, jazz musicians, and the pervasive racial injustice experienced by Black Americans.

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Introduction
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by Alison Hawthorne Deming

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"Miss Johnson Dances for the First Time"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"Victims of the Latest Dance Craze"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"Aerial Ballet"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"Johnny Laces up his Red Shoes"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"The Good Look"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"Radio"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"My Mother, If She Had Won Free Dance Lessons"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"The Poetic Interpretation of the Twist"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"Jazz Dancer"
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Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.

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"Gratitude"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Nobody's Business"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Alabama c. 1963, A Ballad by John Coltrane"
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Introduced as "Alabama c. 1961, A Ballad by John Coltrane."

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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Song"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"The Grin"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Sherbet"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Spic"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Why Do So Few Blacks Study Creative Writing?"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Young Elvis"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"The Supremes"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Thelonius Monk"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Leadbelly"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"William Carlos Williams"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"The Mouse"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Pastoral"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Dental Hygiene"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"The View from the Roof, Waverly Place"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"Blue Monday"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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"The Sheets of Sound"
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Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.

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Cornelius Eady
Photographer
Alison Hawthorne Deming
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