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> [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 created in a wholly modern context of the recording studio (and sometimes that is the sole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/for-me-reggae-music-and-its-aesthetic-are-touchstones-in-both-simple/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

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## More by Kwame Dawes

> [I believe that many lives around us now can reflect this strange pattern of migration and movement. The question is: are we aware of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/i-believe-that-many-lives-around-us-now-can-reflect-this-strange/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [Rick Black writes with the honed elegance of a poet so in command of lyric sentiment and the efficient evocative use of language that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/rick-black-writes-with-the-honed-elegance-of-a-poet-so-in-command-of/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing - an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/in-reggae-i-have-a-model-of-artistic-excellence-and-possibility-that/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [When people open up and share their stories, you have a responsibility to tell these truths truthfully and with the same quest for grace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/when-people-open-up-and-share-their-stories-you-have-a-responsibility/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [Latino poets, are really having a significant impact on American poetics today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/latino-poets-are-really-having-a-significant-impact-on-american/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/for-me-reggae-music-and-its-aesthetic-are-touchstones-in-both-simple/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [With Head Off & Split, Nikky Finney establishes herself as one of the most eloquent, urgent, fearless and necessary poets writing in America today.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/with-head-off-split-nikky-finney-establishes-herself-as-one-of-the/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [There is no access to contemporary poetry in the libraries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/there-is-no-access-to-contemporary-poetry-in-the-libraries/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [HIV is no respecter of persons. Any of us could find ourselves with the disease, and then what? We tend to stigmatize as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/hiv-is-no-respecter-of-persons-any-of-us-could-find-ourselves-with/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [All memory is fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/all-memory-is-fiction/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [This poet is a griot in search of a village.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/this-poet-is-a-griot-in-search-of-a-village/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [Racist writing is a craft failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/racist-writing-is-a-craft-failure/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [One of the blessings and curses of my life is that I carry so many projects at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/one-of-the-blessings-and-curses-of-my-life-is-that-i-carry-so-many/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [My concern is always that I can do justice to what I see and hear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/my-concern-is-always-that-i-can-do-justice-to-what-i-see-and-hear/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

> [I believe that all fiction is personal and all writing is at some level personal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/i-believe-that-all-fiction-is-personal-and-all-writing-is-at-some/)

[Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/)

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