Poet Kwame Dawes read a collection of his recent poetry for an audience of University students and faculty Wednesday evening. The event kicked off his semester-long residence at the University as part ...
In celebration of what would have been revolutionary Jamaican singer Bob Marley’s 73rd birthday, the Folger Shakespeare Library hosted renowned Jamaican poets Kwame Dawes and Safiya Sinclair for a ...
Kwame Dawes, an acclaimed poet, filmmaker, and faculty member of Pacific University’s Masters of Fine Arts in Writing program, has added another prestigious title to his long list of multihyphenates.
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 ...
KEARNEY — Poet Kwame Dawes is the featured guest at the next Reynolds Visiting Writers Series event hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of English. He’ll present “What is ...
STARKVILLE, Miss.—International award-winning poet, playwright and author Kwame Dawes brings literary depth and insight to Mississippi State as writer-in-residence, an annual program hosted by the ...
PROVIDENCE — Kwame Dawes, a Brown University literary arts professor, has been named poet laureate of Jamaica. As part of his role, Dawes will be charged with “stimulating a greater appreciation for ...
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Forsyth County Central Library will present "On the Same Poem: Kwame Dawes" at 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Dawes will read his poem "School House," which was ...
Throughout the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, Guggenheim fellowship-winning poet Kwame Dawes will be writing verses that capture the spirit of the day's action. In this installment, the poet looks ...
What is required / Paul Allen -- On viewing Roundnice triptych, ca. 1410-1420(?), and viewing Jonathan Green's Seeking at Mepkin / Carol Ann Davis -- Into the forest / Richard Garcia -- October in ...
Foreword / Derek Wolcott -- Introduction / Kwame Dawes and Matthew Shenoda -- Fire psalm / Chris Abani -- Homily / Chris Abani -- From Omni--Albert Murray / Elizabeth Alexander -- A siren patch of ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: Kwame Dawes is a Panel Chair for Poetry in the National Book Awards with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2009 Ceremony as a Poet & Writer ...