HIV is no respecter of persons. Any of us could find ourselves with the disease, and then what? We tend to stigmatize as a way to deceive ourselves about our invincibility. But it is a delusion. — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
I think that the kinds of stereotypes that people have about Haitians or about HIV sufferers exist because we don't realize that these are our brothers, our sisters, our aunts and uncles, our neighbors. They are us. And I don't… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
I believe that many lives around us now can reflect this strange pattern of migration and movement. The question is: are we aware of… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
Rick Black writes with the honed elegance of a poet so in command of lyric sentiment and the efficient evocative use of language that… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing - an… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
When people open up and share their stories, you have a responsibility to tell these truths truthfully and with the same quest for grace… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
Latino poets, are really having a significant impact on American poetics today. — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
For me, reggae music and its aesthetic are touchstones in both simple and complex ways. Reggae's capacity to be a folk music that is… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
With Head Off & Split, Nikky Finney establishes herself as one of the most eloquent, urgent, fearless and necessary poets writing in America today.… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
HIV is no respecter of persons. Any of us could find ourselves with the disease, and then what? We tend to stigmatize as a… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
