Brown professor Kwame Dawes to serve as poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.
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Jamaican poet Velma Pollard, whose melodious writing paid homage to the Patwa language, passes on
"Pollard’s readings [demonstrate] the diversity of her work [...] At its most characteristic, her writing assumes a ...
Brown University4d
Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...
The Westside Gazette5d
Renowned Jamaican poet Velma Pollard has died
Velma Pollard, the distinguished Jamaican poet, fiction writer, and linguist, passed away on February 1, 2025, at the age of ...
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Jamaican man illegally in US arrested in Florida for sex crimes involving teenager: sheriff
A Jamaican man illegally in the United States was arrested in the Florida panhandle last week for sex crimes involving a teenager, according to the Bay County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Tommy Ford ...
Boston.com23d
Two Jamaican men convicted of drug money laundering
Two Jamaican men were convicted for their involvement in a complex international money laundering organization, according to the statement from the United States Department of Justice. St. Devon ...
The Jamaica Observer6d
Jamaicans set records at NCAA indoor meets
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Niesha Burgher of the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP), Vashaun Vascianna of the University of Arkansas and Demario Prince of Baylor University were in record-breaking form ...
Trinidad Express Newspapers11d
Undocumented Jamaicans in US seek return home
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaicans residing illegally in the United States are seeking to return home even as the government said there no national has arrived back in the Caribbean nation under Pres ...
The Berkeley Beacon11d
‘Everybody gets to be Scottish tonight’: In Jamaica Plain Burns supper honors Scotland’s national poet
Hundreds of locals celebrated the life and legacy of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, at the 15th annual Burns supper ...
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LA native and former poet laureate Amanda Gorman pens touching poem for hometown
Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...
The Jamaica Observer27d
JLP says PNP’s response to hush money scandal an insult to Jamaicans
KINGSTON, Jamaica-The ruling Jamaica Labour Party says the People’s National Party (PNP’s) response to allegations made by former PNP caretaker for Kingston Central Lawrence Rowe of the party ...
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Kevin Durant speaks for first time on Suns’ newly traded 7-foot Jamaican big man
On Wednesday, the Phoenix Suns acquired Jamaican-born big man Nick Richards from the Charlotte Hornets. The move gives Phoenix some breathing room when it comes to their tax bill this season while ...