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Stories by Kwame Dawes

Published:Friday | August 7, 2015 | 12:00 AMKwame Dawes

After my survey of Jamaican poetry appeared last week, I received many calls from people about how to get hold of some of the key titles by Jamaican poets. Of course, many of the works of these poets are long out of print, but there is a rich range...

Published:Wednesday | July 29, 2015 | 12:00 AMKwame Dawes, Contributor

As long as there have been people on this island, there have been songs, poems, incantations, curses, blessings, prayers, abuses, witticisms, word...

Published:Thursday | May 14, 2015 | 12:00 AMKwame Dawes

Here is the end of a story I wrote seven years ago: She died.She died of complications associated with HIV/AIDS. She died at Kingston Public Hospital.Her friend, Lorna Gooden, says, "I think she...

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