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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South African poetry has a new digital archive – what’s behind the project
Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...
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The Poet Shane McCrae Goes Back to Hell
McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his relentless ...
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Did the Poet Alexander Pushkin Have African Roots?
The author of literary classics such as Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837), is ...
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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 ...
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Poetry Series: Men of their words
Based on his 2017 short collection of poems The Broken Men Chapbook, Word N Sound co-founder and poet Thabiso Mohare aimed to ...
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Saint Mary’s explores Black history through poetry at ‘Harlem Legacy’ event
Black Student Association (BSA) and Saint Mary’s Sexuality and Gender Equity (SAGE) hosted the “Harlem Legacy” event in honor of Black History Month, where students shared original poetry and famous ...
Review: William Kentridge’s ‘The Great Yes’ at the Wallis: A dazzling meditation on a world out of kilter
Enough cannot be said about the singing, the dancing, the costume and production design and more in William Kentridge's ...
February is Black History Month. Celebrate in RI with tours, poetry, music and more
Feb. events include the 30th annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry reading, and a free PPAC program celebrating musician ...
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A confessional poem on addiction to social media
She does not post anything on social media, except everything. Poets often use irony to criticise as well as mock their subject matter. So you get the sense that this is a confessional poem about an ...
Americans will continue to celebrate Black History Month, whether Washington likes it or not | Social Views
It’s not that easy to just do away with Black History Month. Almost 47 million Americans claim African American heritage, ...