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Listen to Cornelius Eady & Paul on Trance•Cast

 

​Editor-at-large Paul Nelson and poet Cornelius Eady discuss "⁠Proof,"⁠ an occasional poem written for the inauguration of mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City.

Read the poem, "⁠Proof," ⁠HERE.

 

​Hear more of Paul's interviews HERE. 

Poet and cofounder of Cave Canem, ⁠Cornelius Eady’s⁠ ⁠published collections ⁠include Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (Omnation Press, 1986), winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets; The Gathering of My Name (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1991), nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; Brutal Imagination (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2001), a National Book Award finalist; and Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2008). He is a recipient of the 2023 Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry. In 1996, Eady and poet ⁠Toi Derricote⁠ founded Cave Canem, a nonprofit organization that supports emerging African American poets through summer retreats, regional workshops, first-book prizes, annual anthologies, and events and readings across the country. 

 

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