Three previously unpublished poems by Cave Canem founder Cornelius Eady: “‘I Believe I’ll Make A Change’: A Duet Between Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell”; “Father Frances at Mt. St. Alphonus”; and “Eisa Davis Sings.”
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For the first time this summer, City of Asylum created an exchange with Passa Porta, a literary organization in Brussels. It brought Paul Mennes, a Belgian writer, to Pittsburgh and sent Terrance Hayes, a National Book Award winning poet, to Brussels
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In this video Cornelius Eady reads his poetry at a reading hosted by Cave Canem and City of Asylum Pittsburgh. Eady has published eight books of poetry, including Brutal Imagination, a finalist for the National Book Award.
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A poem from Lighthead, Hayes’s fourth collection and winner of the 2010 National Book Award in poetry. This innovative collection presents a light-headed mind trying to pull against gravity and time.
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In this video, Hayes reads the poem Cocktails with Orpheus from his National Book Award-winning collection Lighthead, at the Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh.
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The poet Terrance Hayes is “bringing the National Book Award home to Pittsburgh,” as he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Hayes’ Lighthead beat out the works of four other poets, including established writers such as C.D. Wright. Watch Hayes read at the 2010 Jazz Poetry Concert and read Sampsonia Way’s interview with the author.
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Pittsburgh-based poet Terrance Hayes has been nominated for a National Book Award for his collection Lighthead. This video features selections of Hayes’ poetry at the 2010 Jazz Poetry Concert.
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Pittsburgh-based poet Terrance Hayes has been nominated for a National Book Award for his collection Lighthead. He is one of five finalists for poetry along with C.D. Wright, Kathleen Graber, James Richardson, and Monica Youn.
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