Kwame Dawes

Kwame Dawes is the author of fifteen books of poetry and many books of fiction, nonfiction, criticism, and drama. His work on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica has resulted in an essay for the Spring 2008 issue of VQR, the poetry collection Hope’s Hospice, and the website livehopelove.com, which won an Emmy Award for new approaches to news and documentary programming. His latest books include the poetry collection Back of Mount Peace and the novel Bivouac.

Kwame Dawes’s website is at kwamedawes.com.

Published in VQR

• City of Dust, City of Stones, Spring 2011
• Deep Empathy, Summer 2010
• White Pigeon, Summer 2010
• In the Hospital, Summer 2010
• Miracle, Summer 2010
• Dumb, Summer 2010
• Breath, Summer 2010
• Prelude, Summer 2010
• Ashes, Summer 2010
• Fly, Summer 2010
• Mother and Child, Summer 2010
• Heroes, Summer 2010
• Getting High, Summer 2010
• Badge, Summer 2010
• Learning to Speak: The New Age of HIV/AIDS in the Other Jamaica, Spring 2008