Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of investiture, held at King’s House on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, he ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia “Babsy” Grange has announced that internationally acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes will be the next Poet Laureate of ...

Emmy award-winning poet and writer, Kwame Dawes, presents a talk with readings from his 2010 collection of poems entitled Wheels. Born in Ghana in 1962, Kwame Dawes moved to Jamaica in 1971 and ...

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 ...

Ghanaian-Jamaican poet and author Kwame Dawes might just be literature's Commitments - the hardest-working writer in the world. Now a professor of English at the University of Nebraska, after ...

Kwame Dawes has been called the "busiest man in literature" by many other poets and writers. The Ghana-born Jamaican recently accepted the position of editing the "American Life in Poetry" ...

PLATTSBURGH — Get a hearty bowl of callaloo with bits of August Wilson, Bob Marley and Nebraska with Dr. Kwame Dawes, today at 8 p.m. as part of Black Poetry Day at SUNY Plattsburgh.

WordPlay, Young Chicago Authors’ ten year old open mic and workshop series, proudly hosts Kwame Dawes. WordPlay is an open space for teen writers, rhymers, and performers to showcase their work ...

When you first talk to Kwame Dawes, it's clear early on that he's been called the "busiest man in literature" for a reason. The Ghana-born, Jamaican poet is the chancellor's professor of English ...