Kwame Dawes & Kimiko Hahn with Marjory Wentworth: Fortunate Travelers
Mon, Nov 4 from 2pm - 3pm
Fellow poets, Kwame Dawes, current poet laureate of Jamaica, and Kimiko Hahn, distinguished Creative Writing & Literary Translation professor at Queens College, are in conversation discussing poetry with international themes. Dawes is the author of twenty books of poetry and numerous other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His work often centers on his childhood and early adult life in Jamaica. The talk is moderated by former poet laureate to South Carolina, Marjory Wentworth.
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