Cornelius EadyCornelius Eady is the director of the Creative Writing program at the University of Notre Dame. He is the co-founder and vice president of Cave Canem, a retreat for African-American poets. Among his many awards are the Academy of American Poets Lamon Prize and fellowships from the Rockefeller and Guggenheim foundations. Eady was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for his music-drama "Running Man" and the 2001 National Book Award for "Brutal Imagination," He is the author of seven previous volumes. Read More Read Less