Cornelius Eady
Cornelius Eady
Reading Date: Wednesday, November 6, 1991
- Introduction
- "Miss Johnson Dances for the First Time"
- "Victims of the Latest Dance Craze"
- "Aerial Ballet"
- "Johnny Laces up his Red Shoes"
- "The Good Look"
- "Radio"
- "My Mother, If She Had Won Free Dance Lessons"
- "The Poetic Interpretation of the Twist"
- "Jazz Dancer"
- "Gratitude"
- "Nobody's Business"
- "Alabama c. 1963, A Ballad by John Coltrane"
- "Song"
- "The Grin"
- "Sherbet"
- "Spic"
- "Why Do So Few Blacks Study Creative Writing?"
- "Young Elvis"
- "The Supremes"
- "Thelonius Monk"
- "Leadbelly"
- "The Mouse"
- "Pastoral"
- "Dental Hygiene"
- "The View from the Roof, Waverly Place"
- "Blue Monday"
- "The Sheets of Sound"
Introduction-4883
by Alison Hawthorne Deming
"Miss Johnson Dances for the First Time"-4884
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"Victims of the Latest Dance Craze"-4885
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"Aerial Ballet"-4886
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"Johnny Laces up his Red Shoes"-4887
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"The Good Look"-4888
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"Radio"-4889
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"My Mother, If She Had Won Free Dance Lessons"-4890
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"The Poetic Interpretation of the Twist"-4891
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"Jazz Dancer"-4892
Eady, Cornelius. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze. Chicago: Ommation Press, 1985.
"Gratitude"-4893
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Nobody's Business"-4894
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Alabama c. 1963, A Ballad by John Coltrane"-4895
Introduced as "Alabama c. 1961, A Ballad by John Coltrane."
Annotation:
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Song"-4896
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"The Grin"-4897
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Sherbet"-4898
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Spic"-4899
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Why Do So Few Blacks Study Creative Writing?"-4900
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Young Elvis"-4901
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"The Supremes"-4902
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Thelonius Monk"-4903
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Leadbelly"-4904
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"The Mouse"-4906
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Pastoral"-4907
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Dental Hygiene"-4908
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"The View from the Roof, Waverly Place"-4909
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"Blue Monday"-4910
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
"The Sheets of Sound"-4911
Eady, Cornelius. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991.
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Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Cornelius Eady reads from Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1986) and The Gathering of My Name (1991), interspersing his poems with thoughtful commentary on their genesis and meaning.

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