Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
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)