Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of ...

A poem by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley was published in the "New York Times" online magazine and appeared in the June 7 print ...

Professor Dawes has won prestigious awards for his over 30 collections of poetry and is a co-founder of the Calabash ...

Renowned poet Kwame Dawes was on Wednesday morning installed as Jamaica's fourth Poet Laureate since Independence. Professor Dawes, speaking at the investiture ceremony at King's House, stressed the ...

Shortly after writing the note on her phone, Ms Dawes left it and their nine-month-old daughter with a friend before taking her own life on 22 July 2022. Paul Greaney KC cited the suicide note in ...

Charles Dawes is the only vice president of the United States who wrote a pop music hit. The tune came to him one day in 1911 as he sat down at the piano in his baronial mansion in Evanston ...

Kwame Brown, a former NBA big man who once played for the Los Angeles Lakers, has criticized James a few times in recent months. On Sunday, he was at it again when he said the 40-year-old's impact ...

Both members of the folk-rock band Dawes were among the thousands who lost their homes in the devastating wildfires sweeping through the Los Angeles area. Mandy Moore, who is married to Dawes ...

And with the evening’s opening number, rock band Dawes made sure to follow through on that promise. Joined on stage by a veritable who’s who of Grammys favorites — John Legend, Sheryl Crowe ...