Bivouac
Nonfiction, Travel, Caribbean & Latin America, Caribbean & West Indies, Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage, Literary
| Author: | Kwame Dawes | ISBN: | 9781617757204 |
| Publisher: | Akashic Books | Publication: | April 2, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Akashic Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kwame Dawes |
| ISBN: | 9781617757204 |
| Publisher: | Akashic Books |
| Publication: | April 2, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Akashic Books |
| Language: | English |
Dawes is very well-known and respected in literary (and academic) circles.
Dawes is a mentor of Marlon James's and also works closely on various collaborations with Colin Channer, Chris Abani, etc.
Though stylistically different, Bivouac shares themes with Marlon James's Man Booker Prize winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings.
Dawes's debut novel, She's Gone (Akashic), won a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Best First Novel; Dawes has also won numerous poetry prizes and an Emmy Award for LiveHopeLove.com
Dawes is the coeditor of the critically-acclaimed African Poetry Book Fund's annual boxsets (published by Akashic)
Dawes is the Glenna Luschei editor of Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska, where he is a Chancellor's Professor of English, a faculty member of Cave Canem, and a teacher in the Pacific MFA Program in Oregon.
Dawes was elected (in 2018) a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
Dawes is very well-known and respected in literary (and academic) circles.
Dawes is a mentor of Marlon James's and also works closely on various collaborations with Colin Channer, Chris Abani, etc.
Though stylistically different, Bivouac shares themes with Marlon James's Man Booker Prize winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings.
Dawes's debut novel, She's Gone (Akashic), won a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Best First Novel; Dawes has also won numerous poetry prizes and an Emmy Award for LiveHopeLove.com
Dawes is the coeditor of the critically-acclaimed African Poetry Book Fund's annual boxsets (published by Akashic)
Dawes is the Glenna Luschei editor of Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska, where he is a Chancellor's Professor of English, a faculty member of Cave Canem, and a teacher in the Pacific MFA Program in Oregon.
Dawes was elected (in 2018) a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
