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Books by Kwame Dawes
  | | Duppy Conqueror(1st Edition) New and Selected Poems by Kwame Dawes, Matthew Shenoda Paperback, 260 Pages, Published 2013 by Copper Canyon Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55659-423-6, ISBN: 1-55659-423-2 "Paterson Award for Literary Excellence.Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award, finalist.Dawes’s verse has an expressive power and lyric resonance that can be attributed to a trans-Atlantic consciousness weaned on the spiritual sources of reggae.”New York Times Book ReviewRaised in Jamaica, Dawes takes some of his cues, and this book’s title, from reggae music. But his voice in these long and short poems and sequences selected from each of hi ..." |
 | | Nebraska Poems by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4962-2123-0, ISBN: 1-4962-2123-0 "Kwame Dawes is not a native Nebraskan. Born in Ghana, he later moved to Jamaica, where he spent most of his childhood and early adulthood. In 1992 he relocated to the United States and eventually found himself an American living in Lincoln, Nebraska. In Nebraska, this beautiful and evocative collection of poems, Dawes explores a theme constant in his work—the intersection of memory, home, and artistic invention. The poems, set against t ..." |
 | | Midland(1st Edition) Poems (Hollis Summers Poetry Prize) by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 103 Pages, Published 2001 by Ohio University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8214-1356-2, ISBN: 0-8214-1356-2 "The winning manuscript of the fourth annual Hollis Summers Poetry Prize is also the exciting American debut by a poet who has already established himself as an important international poetic voice. Midland, the seventh collection by Kwame Dawes, draws deeply on the poet's travels and experiences in Africa, the Caribbean, England, and the American South. Marked equally by a lushness of imagery, an urgency of tone, and a muscular rhythm, ..." |
 | | She's Gone(1st Edition) by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 350 Pages, Published 2007 by Akashic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-18-7, ISBN: 1-933354-18-6 "A prominent Jamaican reggae singer falls in love with an African American woman while on tour in South Carolina. The two struggle to forge a relationship across a cultural and psychological divide in a story that spans from Jamaica to South Carolina to New York City." |
 | | City of Bones A Testament (Triquarterly Books) by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2017 by Triquarterly ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-3462-1, ISBN: 0-8101-3462-4 "As if convinced that all divination of the future is somehow a re-visioning of the past, Kwame Dawes reminds us of the clairvoyance of haunting. The lyric poems in City of Bones: A Testament constitute a restless jeremiad for our times, and Dawes’s inimitable voice peoples this collection with multitudes of souls urgently and forcefully singing, shouting, groaning, and dreaming about the African diasporic present and future. As the twen ..." |
 | | Gomer's Song(1st Edition) (Black Goat) by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 2007 by Akashic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-44-6, ISBN: 1-933354-44-5 ""Gomer's Song" is a re-rendering of the Bible story. In Gomer, a harlot who was the wife of the Old Testament prophet Hosea, Kwame Dawes finds the subject for a beautiful contemporary exploration on freedom and sacrifice. Kwame Dawes is an award-winning Ghanaian-born Jamaican author of several books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction (including his debut novel, "She's Gone," published by Akashic Books in 2007). He teaches at the Univers ..." |
 | | I Saw Your Face(1st Edition) by Tom Feelings, Kwame Dawes, Jerry Pinkney Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2004 by Dial ISBN-13: 978-0-8037-1894-4, ISBN: 0-8037-1894-2 " Before Tom Feelings passed away in August of 2003, he had been working on a picture book with his friend, poet Kwame Dawes. As Kwame explains, "One day, Tom gave me a folder of drawings of young people from his journeys around the world. I saw a story of resilience and pride, and wrote my poem as a response." These wonderful drawings, paired with lyrical text, offer a fresh encounter with one of our most evocative illustrators." |
 | | Bob Marley Lyrical Genius by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 356 Pages, Published 2007 by Bobcat Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8256-7352-8, ISBN: 0-8256-7352-6 "This in-depth analysis of the reggae superstar’s poetry in lyric form delves into the songwriter’s intellect and spirituality with scholarly precision usually more associated with Bob Dylan or John Lennon. Thought of as the folk poet of the developing world, Marley influenced generations of musicians and writers throughout the Western hemisphere. He was a performer who held true to his heritage, yet is still awarded the status of world ..." |
 | | Bivouac by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2019 by Akashic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-710-5, ISBN: 1-61775-710-1 "Kwame Dawes has been named a 2019 Windham-Campbell Prize Recipient in poetry"An examination of grief and politics in a deftly written novel set in 1980s Jamaica...Astonishing prose."--Kirkus Reviews"With...dreamlike sequences, this is best suited for readers who enjoy character studies as well as lovers of Jamaican fiction."--Booklist"With expressive description and languid cadence, Dawes deftly constructs a background that serves as an ..." |
 | | Hope's Hospice and Other Poems (Peepal Tree Caribbean Poetry) by Kwame Dawes, Joshua Cogan Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 2009 by Peepal Tree Press Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-84523-078-4, ISBN: 1-84523-078-7 "Frank and earnest, this moving collection of poetry offers a glimpse into the support centers and hospice outside of Montego Bay and the many lives that have been lost to HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. Culled from open dialogue with sufferers and those who care for them, and coupled with evocative photographs, AIDS becomes a channel for universal dramas, archetypal voices, stoicism, despair, and deeply human deceptions. Full of memories of a time ..." |
 | | Bob Marley(1st Edition) by Kwame Dawes, Bob Marley Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2007 by Bobcat Books ISBN-13: 978-1-86074-433-4, ISBN: 1-86074-433-8 "This in-depth analysis of the reggae superstar’s poetry in lyric form delves into the songwriter’s intellect and spirituality with scholarly precision usually more associated with Bob Dylan or John Lennon. Thought of as the folk poet of the developing world, Marley influenced generations of musicians and writers throughout the Western hemisphere. He was a performer who held true to his heritage, yet is still awarded the status of world ..." |
 | | Shook Foil by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 75 Pages, Published 1997 by Peepal Tree Press Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-900715-14-0, ISBN: 1-900715-14-7 "When the guitars tickle a bedrock of drum and bass, when the girl a shock out and a steady hand curve round her sweat-smooth waist, when the smell of Charlie mingles with the chemicals of her hair and the groove is of the sweetest friction - how is a young man to keep his way pure?Kwame Dawes's poetry rises to new heights in these psalms of confession and celebrations of reggae's power to prophesy, to seek after righteousness and seduce ..." |
 | | The January Children (African Poetry Book) by Safia Elhillo, Kwame Dawes Paperback, 90 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-9598-8, ISBN: 0-8032-9598-7 "In her dedication Safia Elhillo writes, “The January Children are the generation born in Sudan under British occupation, where children were assigned birth years by height, all given the birth date January 1.” What follows is a deeply personal collection of poems that describe the experience of navigating the postcolonial world as a stranger in one’s own land.The January Children depicts displacement and longing while also questioning a ..." |
 | | Wheels(1st Edition) by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2011 by Peepal Tree Press Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-84523-142-2, ISBN: 1-84523-142-2 "Using the power of language to explore and discover patterns of meaning, this collection brings the lyric poem face to face with the external world—with its politics, social upheavals, and ideological complexity. Whether it is a poem about a near victim of a terrorist attack reflecting on the nature of grace, a president considering the function of art, or a Rastafarian defending his faith, the selections all seek illumination in unders ..." |
 | | Go de Rass to Sleep (A Jamaican translation) by Adam Mansbach, Kwame Dawes, Kellie Magnus, Ricardo Cortés Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2014 by Akashic Books Abridged, Audiobook, Box Set, Illustrated, Large Print ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-274-2, ISBN: 1-61775-274-6 "Named one of the 20 Greatest New Father's Day Gifts by Advocate.com!"No matter what the country or the language, parents all over the world--loving, frustrated, exhausted parents--know what Adam Mansbach means. Since 2011, his comically obscene picture book has sold more than 1.5 million copies in dozens of languages from Afrikaans to Japanese to Nynorsk. And later this year, his little book will venture into new territory with a Jamaic ..." |
 | | Home Is Where An Anthology of African American Poetry from the Carolinas by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2001 by Hub City Press ISBN-13: 978-1-891885-80-8, ISBN: 1-891885-80-4 "In Home is Where, Kwame Dawes compiles the work of more than two dozen African American poets from the Carolinas, showcasing a vast array of original voices writing on subjects ranging from Jim Crow to jazz, haunted landscapes to romantic love-all in an attempt to define the South as home. Dawes-a nationally celebrated poet, dramatist, scholar, novelist, essayist, and founder of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative at the University of ..." |
 | | Talk Yuh Talk Interviews with Anglophone Caribbean Poets by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of Virginia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-1946-1, ISBN: 0-8139-1946-0 "Before the Caribbean-inflected spoken-word poetry of the 1990s, epitomized by poetry slams at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Manhattan, there was reggae. In the past thirty years, most Caribbean poetry written in English has come to the shores of the United States on waves of music, in the lyrics of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Burning Spear. Kwame Dawes, himself a musician and poet, is not surprised by this phenomenon. The region's politic ..." |
 | | Prophets(Reprint) by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2018 by Peepal Tree Press Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-84523-404-1, ISBN: 1-84523-404-9 "Set in Jamaica in the late 1980s and 1990s, Prophets is a poem of rhythmic and metaphoric inventiveness that portrays the social and cultural resonances of Jamaican society along with the tension between an ebullient cynicism and a heartfelt desire for faith. As 24-hour television, belching out the voices of American hellfire preachers, competes with dancehall, slackness, and ganja for Jamaican minds, Clarice and Thalbot preach their ow ..." |
 | | Natural Mysticism(Reprint) Towards a New Reggae Aesthetic by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 1999 by Peepal Tree Press Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-900715-22-5, ISBN: 1-900715-22-8 "Kwame Dawes speaks for all those for whom reggae defines the major experiences of life. He describes how reggae has been central to his sense of selfhood, his consciousness of place and society in Jamaica, his development as a writer - and why the singer Ken Boothe should be inseparably connected to his discovery of the erotic.Natural Mysticism is also a work of acute cultural analysis. Dawes argues that in the rise of roots reggae in t ..." |
 | | Impossible Flying(1st Edition) (Paperback) by Kwame Dawes Paperback, 120 Pages, Published 2006 by Peepal Tree Press Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-84523-039-5, ISBN: 1-84523-039-6 "Poems Kwame Senu Neville Dawes ... ALSO NEW FROM KWAME DAWES A Far Cry from Plymouth Rock: A Personal Narrative ISBN 1 84523 025 6 £12.99 After ten years of ... writer, a relationship Dawes has explored in manifold forms in his fiction and poetry, and which in this book he approaches directly for the first time." |
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