On Tuesday evening, award-winning writers Bernadine Evaristo and Claudia Rankine read excerpts of their work and reflected on ...

Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of ...

A poem by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley was published in the "New York Times" online magazine and appeared in the June 7 print ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Ryan Wellings was last week cleared of the unlawful killing of new mother Kiena Dawes, 23, who left a suicide note calling her partner a 'monster' who had 'killed me'. He was however jailed for ...

THE family of tragic Kiena Dawes face a fresh fight after her abusive boyfriend vowed to get custody of their daughter. Ryan Wellings was jailed for six and a half years last week. He was ...