kwame dawes

Sturge Town: Poems

In this stunning volume, acclaimed poet Kwame Dawes explores the mythic, ancestral, and spiritual...

Seeking

A collection of poetry and prose prompted by a renowned Gullah artist's paintings

When the Rewards Can Be So Great

When the Rewards Can Be So Great is a selection of craft talks delivered by faculty at the Pacifi...

So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival

Imagine a night of a hundred poets reading their work to an audience of intensely engaged, respon...

Go de Rass to Sleep: (A Jamaican translation)

A Jamaican patois translation of the New York Times, Amazon.com, and Wall Street Journal number o...

Duppy Conqueror

'[Dawes] is highly original and intelligent, possessing poetic sensibility that is rooted and sou...

Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius

The quintessential folk poet of the Third World, Bob Marley influenced generations of musicians a...

A Place to Hide

A man lies in a newspaper-lined room dreaming an other life. Bob Marley's spirit flew into him at...

Nebraska

Kwame Dawes is not a native Nebraskan. Born in Ghana, he later moved to Jamaica, where he spent m...

Letter from a Place I’ve Never Been

Hilda Raz has an ability 'to tell something every day and make it tough,' says John Kinsella in h...

Nebraska

Letter from a Place I’ve Never Been

Hilda Raz has an ability 'to tell something every day and make it tough,' says John Kinsella in h...