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 ...
25 Canadian books to read during Black History Month 2025 and beyond
February is Black History Month in Canada. Check out this list of buzzworthy works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by Black ...
Professor Kwame Dawes is Jamaica’s fourth poet laureate
Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of ...
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Jamaican poet Velma Pollard, whose melodious writing paid homage to the Patwa language, passes on
"Pollard’s readings [demonstrate] the diversity of her work [...] At its most characteristic, her writing assumes a ...
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‘Everybody gets to be Scottish tonight’: In Jamaica Plain Burns supper honors Scotland’s national poet
Hundreds of locals celebrated the life and legacy of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, at the 15th annual Burns supper ...
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Facing climate crisis, ‘Dark Laboratory’ offers possibility and poetry
Tao Leigh Goffe says there are examples of how Black and Indigenous people bear the brunt of exploitation and environmental racism.
Poet Caleb Femi Partied Around the World to Write His Kaia Gerber–Approved Latest Book, The Wickedest
Like so many of us, Caleb Femi spent the depths of the COVID lockdown remembering times when his body was allowed to be freer ...
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The Gri Gri Project and Bajo el Sol Gallery Launches First Poetry Anthology
The Gri Gri Project and Bajo el Sol Gallery released their first-ever poetry anthology, “Like Salt and Wet Soil,” Saturday.
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Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts Newspaper
Special to the Gazette At 74 Green Street -at the corner of Green and Cheshire- stands a one-story brick and frame building close to the street. It’s façade is mostly unassuming, the repurposed face ...
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Poetry at its best
It feels like everything is coming together in a way that’s pushing me to new heights,” Jackson told the Jamaica Observer ... Prior to poetry, she recorded a handful of songs as deejay ...
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Authors of fiction, poetry and nonfiction receive $10,000 prizes for blending art and science
NEW YORK (AP) — Books about a family’s exploration of the natural world, the challenges of parenthood during a time of climate crisis and how animals perceive the planet have won $10,000 ...