Brown professor Kwame Dawes to serve as poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.
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Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...
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Kwame Dawes
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 ...
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Professor Kwame Dawes is Jamaica’s fourth poet laureate
Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed ... He urged Professor Dawes to continue to use poetry to inspire, elevate and give voice to the people of Jamaica.