Progeny of Air
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Progeny of Air
by
Kwame Dawes
Winner of the prize for the best first collection in the Forward Poetry Prize of 1994, Progeny of Air explores a childhood and youth spent in 1970's Jamaica. The collection links inner personal experience and social and historical perspectives to mutually enriching effect.
Paperback, 114 pages
Published
January 1st 1994
by Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
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These poems are incredible. My favorites are the chapters "Singing Stories" and "Hall of Fame," in which Dawes describes characters from his education at Jamaica College.
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Born in Ghana in 1962, Kwame Dawes spent most of his childhood and early adult life in Jamaica . As a poet, he is profoundly influenced by the rhythms and textures of that lush place, citing in a recent interview his "spiritual, intellectual, and emotional engagement with reggae music." His book Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius remains the most authoritative study of the lyrics of Bob Marley.
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