Brown professor Kwame Dawes to serve as poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.
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Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...
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Penn State Altoona professor’s poetry featured in a book, literary magazines
ALTOONA, Pa. — Two award-winning poems by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, were selected among the editor’s picks by Kwame Dawes, Managing Editor of Prairie Schooner ...
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Lead Exposure in Childhood: What Families Need to Know
The Los Angeles urban wildfires have devastated families and communities with agonizing loss. Residents’ most prized possessions and decades-old homes have become reduced to smoke and ashes.
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Abusive boyfriend sentenced to six years after death of Kiena Dawes
Ryan Wellings has been handed a six year jail sentence for assault and prolonged domestic violence following the death of his former partner Kiena Dawes, he was cleared of manslaughter earlier in ...
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Kwame Dawes is Jamaica's new Poet Laureate
Renowned poet Kwame Dawes was on Wednesday morning installed as Jamaica's fourth Poet Laureate since Independence. Professor Dawes, speaking at the investiture ceremony at King's House, stressed the ...
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Asenso-Boakye challenges road construction claims by Kwame Agbodza
Kwame Governs Agbodza, regarding the scope of road construction under the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, Asenso ...
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As spring semester kicks off, Brown welcomes its newest arrivals
From undergraduates transferring from other institutions to students starting master’s degree programs, nearly 200 students embarked on their Brown journeys in late January. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown ...
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How Will Climate And Technology Shape Childhood In 2050?
UNICEF has been working with the All China Women’s Federation (ACWF) to set up early childhood development centers that support early learning and care for children aged 0-6 years in communities ...
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Illinois AG Kwame Raoul sues to stop President Trump's birthright citizenship order
CHICAGO (CBS) --Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and attorneys general from three other states on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking challenging President Trump's attempt to end ...
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Jamaica Has New Poet Laureate.
Kwame Dawes. Image from YouTube uploaded by Poets' House. Jamaica will honor its new Poet Laureate, Professor Kwame Dawes, in an investiture ceremony on Wednesday, January 22, at King’s House, ...
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How childhood trauma impacts our brains, bodies – and even our genes
This atrophy was more severe in children who had spent longer in institutions. Childhood is the most sensitive period for neurodevelopment, but sadly, it can be disrupted in many ways, from abuse ...