Kwame Dawes: The Busiest Man in Literature

Faculty 101

Mar 11, 2020Education

He calls Ghana, Jamaica and Nebraska home. He writes plays, novels and poetry. And he believes literature helps students become empathetic citizens of the world. Kwame Dawes is the Glenna Luschei Editor-in-Chief of the P...

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