Winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for poetry and current Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Kwame Dawes discusses the life and work of acclaimed novelist and poet and former director of the Institute of Jamaica, Neville Dawes (1926–1984), whose radical writings broke new ground in the development of Caribbean writing. Reading in Kray Hall with a reception to follow in the Viscusi Reading […]

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About the Poets: Courtney Bush is a writer and filmmaker from Mississippi. She is the author of Every Book Is About The Same Thing (Newest York Arts Press, 2022) and the National Poetry Series selection I Love Information (Milkweed Editions, 2023). Her third book, A Movie, is forthcoming in 2025 from Lavender Ink. Imani Elizabeth Jackson is the author of the chapbooks Context […]

About the Poets: Edward Hirsch, a MacArthur Fellow, has published ten books of poems, including Gabriel: A Poem, a book-length elegy for his son, and Stranger by Night. He has also published seven books about poetry, among them 100 Poems to Break Your Heart and The Heart of American Poetry. His memoir, My Childhood in Pieces, will be published in June. […]

About the Poets: Karl Michael Iglesias is a Puerto Rican actor, director and writer from Milwaukee, WI, who now resides in Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he is also the former creative director of the First Wave program under the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives. His poetry can be read in […]