Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Cornelius Eady
Born: January 7, 1954 (age 71)
Bio: Cornelius Eady is an American writer focusing largely on matters of race and society, His poetry often centers on jazz and blues, family life, violence, and societal problems stemming from questions of race and class.
Known for:
- Brutal imagination (2001)
- Hardheaded Weather (2008)
- Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1986)
- The Gathering of My Name (1991)
- The Autobiography of a Jukebox: Poems (1997)