The CF Debra Vazquez Memorial Poetry Series will host award-winning author Cornelius Eady. Enjoy an evening of poetry and music at the College of Central Florida’s Ocala Campus, 3001 S.W. College Road. The readings will take place Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m. at the Webber Center.

The reading is free and open to the public.

Eady, the recent winner of the Academy of American poets’ prestigious Wallace Stevens Award, will read his original poems backed by two musicians playing jazz and blues. He is known for works exploring music, family, and the challenges unique to the African American experience, with many poem titles paying homage to traditional blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll songs. Eady is a professor of English at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

For more information, contact Sandra Cooper at ext. 1361 or coopersa@cf.edu.

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