Kwame Dawes
Author of She's Gone
About the Author
Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana, grew up in Jamaica, and studied and taught in New Brunswick, Canada. In the UK he has published five volumes of poetry, an anthology of reggae poetry, and a critical volume on reggae music and literature. His first book of poems, Progeny of Air, won the prestigious show more Forward Poetry Prize. He teaches at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Kwame Dawes
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano) (African Poetry Book Fund) (2018) — Editor — 28 copies
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Editor — 25 copies, 1 review
Bearden's Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden (2017) — Editor; Contributor — 11 copies
Prairie Schooner 3 copies
Associated Works
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Contributor — 190 copies, 4 reviews
Iron Balloons: Hit Fiction from Jamaica's Calabash Writer's Workshop (2006) — Contributor — 35 copies, 1 review
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (2024) — Contributor — 32 copies, 1 review
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade (2006) — Contributor — 30 copies, 1 review
Another English: Anglophone Poems from Around the World (Poets in the World) (2014) — Contributor — 10 copies
Bodies Built for Game: The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing (2019) — Contributor — 6 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1962-07-28
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ghana
- Birthplace
- Ghana
- Places of residence
- Ghana
Jamaica
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
New Brunswick, Canada - Education
- Jamaica College
University of the West Indies
University of New Brunswick - Occupations
- professor of English
poet
actor
editor
critic
musician - Organizations
- University of South Carolina
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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Statistics
- Works
- 72
- Also by
- 24
- Members
- 584
- Popularity
- #42,938
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 24
- ISBNs
- 94
- Languages
- 1