What is Kwame Dawes?
[[File:Kwame Dawes 4200250 (cropped).jpg|right|frameless]] '''Kwame Dawes''' is a poet born in Ghana in 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Poets|first=Academy of American|title=Poems by Kwame Dawes|url=https://poets.org/poems/kwame-dawes|access-date=2020-11-14|website=poets.org}}</ref> Dawes was raised in [[Jamaica]]. He now lives in Nebraska where he is the editor of ''Prairie Schooner.'' His poetry relates to the [[Reggae]] music. He wrote a book called ''[[Bob Marley]]: Lyrical Genius'' (2007).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Poetry|date=2020-11-13|title=Kwame Dawes|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kwame-dawes|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}}</ref> His poetry books include: ''Wisteria: Poems From the Swamp Country'' (2006), ''Impossible Flying'' (2006), ''Back of Mount Peace'' (2009), ''Hope’s Hospice'' (2009), ''Wheels'' (2011), ''Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems'' (2013), and ''City of Bones: A Testament'' (2017).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Poets|first=Academy of American|title=About Kwame Dawes {{!}} Academy of American Poets|url=https://poets.org/poet/kwame-dawes|access-date=2020-11-14|website=poets.org}}</ref> Dawes also reported on [[HIV/AIDS]] in Jamaica and [[Haiti]] after the earthquake (2012).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-12-15|title=Guernica Interviews Kwame Dawes|url=https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/guernica-interviews-kwame-dawes|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Pulitzer Center|language=en|archive-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115081744/https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/guernica-interviews-kwame-dawes|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[American poetry]] * [[Caribbean poetry]] == References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Dawes, Kwame}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Ghanaian people]] [[Category:Reggae musicians]] [[Category:Jamaican poets]]