Works by Cornelius Eady
Compiled by Jamie Babcock

Eady, Cornelius. The Autobiography of a Jukebox. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon UP, 1997.

- - -. Brutal Imagination: Problems. New York: Marian Wood, 2001.

- - -. The Classic Fifty Poems. William Harmon, Alfred Corn, et al. Sound recording. St. Paul, Minnesota: HighBridge, 1998.

- - -. Cornelius Eady. Audiocassette. Production of New Letters Magazine. U of Missouri, 1997.

- - -. Dreaming in Hi-fi Songs. Compact disc. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon UP, 1996.

- - -. Essay. In Swing Low: Black Men Writing. Ed. Rebecca Carroll. New York: Crown, 1995. 55-61.

- - -. The Gathering of My Name. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon UP, 1991.

- - -. "Postcard from New York." Ploughshares 28.1 (2002): 7-9.

- - -. Jean Valentine and Cornelius Eady Reading Their Poems with Comment in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, March 22, 2001. Audiocassette.

- - -. Kartunes. West Orange: Warthog, 1986.

- - -. "The Newsday Interview with Cornelius Eady: Poetry Allows People to Look at Things." Interview with Paula Cohen. Newsday (New York) 29 Apr. 1996, Nassau and Suffold ed.: A29.

- - -. Off the Page. Videocassette. 1992.

- - -. The Poetry and Dance Festival: Poets Who Write About Dance. Videocassette. 1996.

- - -. The Poetry Center at Smith College Presents Cornelius Eady. Videorecording. Smith College 2002.

- - -. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze: Poems. Dialogues on Dance Ser. 5. Chicago, Ommation, 1986.

- - -. Victims of the Latest Dance Craze: Poems. 1986. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon UP, 1997.

- - -. You Don’t Miss Your Water: Poems. New York: Holt, 1995.

- - -, ed. Ploushares 28.1 (2002).

- - -, and Diedre Murray. Running Man. Music theater piece. 1999.



Cornelius Eady’s poetry has been included in the following journals and anthologies:

American Scholar 70.3 (2001)

The Beacon Best of 2001: Great Writing by Women and Men of All Colors and Cultures. Ed. Junot Diaz. Boston: Beacon, 2001.

Callaloo 16.3 (1993)

Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945. Eds. Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton. Boston: Little, Brown, 1994.

In Search of Color Everywhere: A Collection of African-American Poetry. Ed. E. Ethelbert Miller. Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1994.

The New Bread Loaf Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. Eds. Michael Collier and Stanley Plumly. Hanover, NH: [Published for] Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and Middlebury College P by UP of New England, 1999.

Ploughshares 15.4 (1989)

Ploughshares 22.1 (1996)

The Second Set: The Jazz Poetry Anthology. Eds. Sascha Feinstein and Yusef Komunyakaa. Indiana UP, 1996.

Swing Low: Black Men Writing. Ed. Rebecca Carroll. New York: Crown, 1995.

Under 35: The New Generation of American Poets. Ed. Nicholas Christopher. New York: Doubleday, 1989.

The Vintage Book of African American Poetry: 200 Years of Vision, Struggle, Power, Beauty, and Triumph from 50 Outstanding Poets. Eds. Michael S. Harper and Anthony Walton. Vintage, 2000.



Secondary Sources: Works About Cornelius Eady
Compiled by Jamie Babcock

Armstrong, Linda. "You Don’t Miss the Water: Moving, Intense Drama About Relationships." New York Amsterdam News 28 Jun. 1997: 28.

Arnold, Martin. "Black Writers Get New Help." New York Times 21 June 2001: E3.

Rev. of The Autobiography of a Jukebox. Virginia Quarterly Review 73.4 (1997): 138.

Bashir, Samiya A. Rev. of Brutal Imagination. Black Issues Book Review Mar.-Apr. 2001: 37.

"Bio Plays Fail to Keep Things Real." New York Post 3 Feb. 2002: 38.

Brantley, Ben. "An Energetic Scapegoat Butts Back." Rev. of Brutal Imagination [theater]. New York Times 10 Jan. 2002, late ed.: E5.

Rev. of Brutal Imagination. New Yorker 15 Jan. 2001: 93.

Caudell, Robin M. "Where Poets Explore Their Pain While Others Beware the Dog." American Visions Oct.-Nov. 1999: 30.

Cox, Gordon. "A Real Figment of a ‘Brutal Imagination.’" Theater review. Newsday [New York] 10 Jan. 2002, Nassau ed.: B15.

Curtis, R. "Arts/Ideas/Culture: Black Poetry Retreat Arrives in Metro Area." Michigan Citizen 8 July 2001: B1.

Dominguez, Robert. "Stereotyping in the First Degree." Rev. of Brutal Imagination [theater]. Daily News [New York] 10 Jan. 2002: 40.

Dove, Rita. "Poet’s Choice." Washington Post 9 Apr. 2000: X12.

Duemer, Joseph. "To Make the Visible World Your Conscience." New England Review 14.4 (1992): 268-286.

Dyer, Richard. Rev. of Running Man [theater]. Boston Globe 30 Aug. 2000, 3rd ed.: F5.

Farr, Sheila. "A Dynamic Lineup Hopes to Rejuvenate Poetry Series." Seattle Times 24 Feb. 2002: J2.

Feingold, Michael. "Patient Care." Rev. of You Don’t Miss the Water [theater]. Village Voice 1 July 1997: 103.

Hawkins, Shayla. "Cave Canem: A Haven for Black Poets." Poets & Writers Mar.-Apr. 2001: 48-53.

Isherwood, Charles. Rev. of Brutal Imagination [theater]. Variety 14-20 Jan. 2002: 59.

Jordan, June. "The Dance of Revolution." Progressive 53.8 (1989): 11-12.

Kirkpatrick, David. Rev. of Off the Page [video]. People Weekly 23 Mar. 1992: 35.

Kissel, Howard. "‘Water’—Poetry Flows Through It." Rev. of You Don’t Miss the Water [theater]. Daily News [New York] 26 June 1997: 47.

Kuchwara, Michael. "Shedding Light on the Fear Factor in Child Killings, White Mother, Black ‘Suspect.’" Rev. of Brutal Imagination [theater]. Record [Bergen County, NJ] 13 Jan. 2002: E4.

"Last-Minute Pleas: Three Authors’ Views on Impending Execution of M. Abu-Jamal." New Yorker 14 August 1995: 26.

Levine, Eleanor. "‘Brutal Imagination’ a Nonfiction." Theater review. New York Amsterdam News 10 Jan. 2002: 17+.

Lloyd, Emily. Rev. of Brutal Imagination. School Library Journal July 2001: 136.

Marks, Peter. "A Young Man of Promise Who Has Lost His Way." Rev. of Running Man [theater]. New York Times 5 Mar. 1999, late ed.: E3.

Marrengane, Ntombi. "The Black Scholar Books Received: You Don’t Miss Your Water." Black Scholar 25.2 (1995): 69.

McKee, Louis. Rev. of Brutal Imagination. Library Journal 1 Jan. 2001: 112.

Mehegan, David. "National Book Award Finalists Are Named." Boston Globe 11 Oct. 2001: D6.

Mills, David. "Keeping It Unreal." Rev. of Brutal Imagination. Village Voice 16 Jan. 2001: 61.

Peseroff, Joyce. Rev. of The Gathering of My Name. Ploughshares 17.2-3 (1991): 280.

Peters, Erskine. "Cornelius Eady’s You Don’t Miss Your Water: Its Womanist/Feminist Perspective." Journal of African American Men 2.1 (1996): 15-31.

"Poet Party." Publishers Weekly 26 Feb. 2001: 16.

Pohl, R. D. "At the Intersection of Music and Poetry." Buffalo News 2 Apr. 2000: E6.

Ratner, Rochelle. Rev. of You Don’t Miss Your Water. Library Journal 1 Mar. 1995: 76.

"Real-Life Drama Is Fine Theater." New York Post 12 Jan. 2002: 22.

"Recommended Reading." Rev. of You Don’t Miss Your Water. New Yorker 23 Oct. 1995: 95.

Seaman, Donna. Rev. of Brutal Imagination. Booklist 1 Jan. 2001: 903.

- - -. "Black Poets: ‘Like Gospel, Like Gold.’" Rev. of Brutal Imagination. Booklist 15 Feb. 2001: 1102.

Selman, Robyn. "Brief Encounters: The Gathering of My Name by Cornelius Eady." Village Voice 25 Feb. 1992: 67.

Solomon, Alisa. "That Sinking Feeling." Rev. of Brutal Imagination [theater]. Village Voice 22 Jan. 2002: 54.

Sommers, Michael. "Dredging Art from a Lake Bottom." Rev. of Brutal Imagination [theater]. Star-Ledger [Newark] 10 Jan. 2002: 35.

Spelman, T. Andreas. Rev. of You Don’t Miss Your Water. American Visions 10.2 (1995): 37.

Steyn, Mark. "Bogeymen and Aspirates." Rev. of Brutal Imagination [theater]. New Criterion 20.7 (2002): 37-41.

Swiss, Thomas. "Memories, Boasts and Analyses." New York Times Book Review 30 Nov. 1986, late city ed., sec. 7: 17.

Tommasini, Anthony. "Painful Childhood Memories, in Poetry and Song." New York Times 28 Jun. 1997, late ed.: 15.

Trethewey, Natasha. "About Cornelius Eady." Ploughshares 28.1 (2002): 193-197.

Ullman, Leslie. "To Speak on Behalf." Kenyon Review 14.3 (1992): 174-187.

Waniek, Marilyn Nelson. "The Gathering of My Name." Southern Review 29.2 (1993): 405-419.

Wellington, Darryl Lorenzo. "Heroes and Villains, Real and Imagined." Rev. of Brutal Imagination. Washington Post 8 Apr. 2001: T10.

Winer, Linda. "Remembering the Sins of the Father." Rev. of You Don’t Miss the Water [theater]. Newsday [New York] 19 June 1997, Nassau ed.: B11.

"Work-in-Progress: Cornelius Eady, This Year’s Winner of the Lamont Prize, Shows Us How He Creates a Finished Piece." Literary Cavalcade Feb. 1995: 20.

Rev. of You Don’t Miss Your Water. Essence Jul. 1995: 56.

Rev. of You Don’t Miss Your Water. Publishers Weekly 27 Feb. 1995: 97.

Zaleski, Jeff. Rev. of Brutal Imagination. Publishers Weekly 4 Dec. 2000: 68.

Zinman, Tony. Rev. of Running Man [theater]. Variety 1 Nov. 1999: 101.

Zoglin, Richard. Rev. of Brutal Imagination [theater]. Time 21 Jan. 2002: 143.