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

University of Virginia Virginia Quarterly Review
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University of Virginia
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ISSN 2154-6932