Kwame Dawes is a distinguished poet in Residence, Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts and founder and executive director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative. He is the director of the ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s newly appointed Poet Laureate, Professor Kwame Dawes, plans to celebrate and promote the art of poetry throughout the island during his tenure. Custos Rotulorum ...

Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes began his three-year term as the fourth poet laureate of Jamaica in January, taking on a role that seeks to foster greater appreciation for Jamaican poetry and ...