Kwame Dawes
Autor von She's Gone
Über den Autor
Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana, grew up in Jamaica, and studied and taught in New Brunswick, Canada. In the UK he has published five volumes of poetry, an anthology of reggae poetry, and a critical volume on reggae music and literature. His first book of poems, Progeny of Air, won the prestigious mehr anzeigen Forward Poetry Prize. He teaches at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Reihen
Werke von Kwame Dawes
New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano) (African Poetry Book Fund) (2018) — Herausgeber — 28 Exemplare
So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival (2010) — Herausgeber — 24 Exemplare
Bearden's Odyssey: Poets Respond to the Art of Romare Bearden (2017) — Herausgeber; Mitwirkender — 11 Exemplare
Seeking: Poetry and Prose Inspired by the Art of Jonathan Green (Palmetto Poetry) (2013) 8 Exemplare
Prairie Schooner 3 Exemplare
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Purple Hibiscus.(Book Review): An article from: World Literature Today 2 Exemplare
Prairie Schooner, Fall 2012, vol. 86, no. 3 1 Exemplar
Memos to Poets (as made famous on Twitter) 1 Exemplar
Prairie Schooner - Spring 2021 1 Exemplar
Prairie Schooner, Fall 2013, vol. 87, no. 3 1 Exemplar
Prairie Schooner, Fall 2020, vol. 94, no. 3 1 Exemplar
Saba: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set: Hardcover Anthology Edition (2020) 1 Exemplar
Prairie Schooner, Winter 2019, vol. 93, no.4 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Iron Balloons: Hit Fiction from Jamaica's Calabash Writer's Workshop (2006) — Mitwirkender — 35 Exemplare
Gathering Ground: A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade (2006) — Mitwirkender — 30 Exemplare
The Best American Poetry 2023 (The Best American Poetry series) (2023) — Mitwirkender — 20 Exemplare
The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks (2017) — Mitwirkender — 17 Exemplare
Another English: Anglophone Poems from Around the World (Poets in the World) (2014) — Mitwirkender — 10 Exemplare
Bodies Built for Game: The Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Sports Writing (2019) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
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- Geburtstag
- 1962-07-28
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Ghana
- Geburtsort
- Ghana
- Wohnorte
- Ghana
Jamaica
Columbia, South Carolina, USA
New Brunswick, Canada - Ausbildung
- Jamaica College
University of the West Indies
University of New Brunswick - Berufe
- professor of English
poet
actor
editor
critic
musician - Organisationen
- University of South Carolina
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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The Mountain and the Sea von Kwame Dawes
Our main character, escaping Kingston to her island home before a hurricane hits, she comes upon a confused naked man by the road. Previously a nursing home nurse, she trusts her instincts that he needs help so she takes the amnesiac to her island to ride out the storm, naming her mystery man Monty. Long widowed, she falls in love while also imagining worst case scenarios. A unique story, & yes we find out who he is.
½My first mistake was going into this audiobook blindly. I chose this selection because it was free and short, but I would have passed it had I taken the time to read the synopsis or other reviews. With that said, here is my review on the book:
A hurricane is coming to Jamaica and a strong, well-to-do, middle-aged single woman has told her daughter she is off to make sure her private island and belongings are safe, but on the way she sees a beautiful man (of course), standing naked (of course) in the road. He claims he remembers nothing, so she does what any sane person would do and brings him to her house where she has no way of contacting anyone from the outside world. It's okay though because the man is good looking and in such a VULNERABLE state that she's delightedly turned on by the idea that she feels like she now "owns" him. Weird, but OK.
They hang out for a few days and he makes a great house guest, but she spends a fair amount of her time creeping on him. It's okay though because remember, he's like, really, really hot, so it's not weird that she watches him sleep.
Eventually they decide he needs to remember where he came from and he plans to leave, but not before coming into her room at 4am and just immediately sticking his dick inside her. That's how sex normally works, right? Someone comes from another room in the middle of the night and you just... get to going? Foreplay is overrated anyway. The main character keeps yelling at the strange man to LOOK AT HER while he has sex with her because at this point, she's finally feeling a little insecure about the whole situation. The next morning he leaves and she returns to her life of distrusting men and avoiding her daughter. A few months later, she receives a letter from the man, complete with a photo of him and the wife he cheated on, as well as his children.
The story was both boring and tasteless. Not smutty enough to be smut, and way too smutty for someone who doesn't want to constantly listen to this woman talk about sex in the least sexy way possible. When it ended, I googled the author to see what a woman with this kind of weird exploiter fantasy looked like, and was surprised to see the author is, in fact, a 60-year old man. Oof.… (mehr)
A hurricane is coming to Jamaica and a strong, well-to-do, middle-aged single woman has told her daughter she is off to make sure her private island and belongings are safe, but on the way she sees a beautiful man (of course), standing naked (of course) in the road. He claims he remembers nothing, so she does what any sane person would do and brings him to her house where she has no way of contacting anyone from the outside world. It's okay though because the man is good looking and in such a VULNERABLE state that she's delightedly turned on by the idea that she feels like she now "owns" him. Weird, but OK.
They hang out for a few days and he makes a great house guest, but she spends a fair amount of her time creeping on him. It's okay though because remember, he's like, really, really hot, so it's not weird that she watches him sleep.
Eventually they decide he needs to remember where he came from and he plans to leave, but not before coming into her room at 4am and just immediately sticking his dick inside her. That's how sex normally works, right? Someone comes from another room in the middle of the night and you just... get to going? Foreplay is overrated anyway. The main character keeps yelling at the strange man to LOOK AT HER while he has sex with her because at this point, she's finally feeling a little insecure about the whole situation. The next morning he leaves and she returns to her life of distrusting men and avoiding her daughter. A few months later, she receives a letter from the man, complete with a photo of him and the wife he cheated on, as well as his children.
The story was both boring and tasteless. Not smutty enough to be smut, and way too smutty for someone who doesn't want to constantly listen to this woman talk about sex in the least sexy way possible. When it ended, I googled the author to see what a woman with this kind of weird exploiter fantasy looked like, and was surprised to see the author is, in fact, a 60-year old man. Oof.… (mehr)
Spring 202o (May);
One of the Audible Originals from May's ten released for free. I really loved this story. It's all about reclaiming yourself, whether you remember who that self is or don't. I loved how steeped in its culture it was. I even, truly, found myself touched by the most unexpected of endings, both realistic and romantic all at once.
One of the Audible Originals from May's ten released for free. I really loved this story. It's all about reclaiming yourself, whether you remember who that self is or don't. I loved how steeped in its culture it was. I even, truly, found myself touched by the most unexpected of endings, both realistic and romantic all at once.
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