Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of ...
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 ...
Velma Pollard, the distinguished Jamaican poet, fiction writer, and linguist, passed away on February 1, 2025, at the age of ...
"Moving Verse" presents dance choreography inspired by poetic words and expressions, a collaboration between poetry & dance ... presented by Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning.