NEW YORK — A man from Knoxville made a special appearance at the swearing-in of the new New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani.
Cornelius Eady is an acclaimed poet, playwright, songwriter and a former English professor at the University of Tennessee who just retired.
Eady was born in Rochester, New York, and has taught at several universities across the United States. Before retiring from UT, he held one of the Tennessee Chairs of Excellence…