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Nebraska: Poems

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Nebraska: Poems

Kwame Dawes is not a native Nebraskan. Born in Ghana, he later moved to Jamaica, where he spent most of his childhood and early adulthood. In 1992 he relocated to the United States and eventually found himself an American living in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In Nebraska, this beautiful and evocative collection of poems, Dawes explores a theme constant in his workâ€”the intersection of memory, home, and artistic invention. The poems, set against the backdrop of Nebraskaâ€™s discrete cycle of seasons, are meditative even as they search for a sense of place in a new landscape. While he shovels snow or walks in the bitter cold to his car, he is engulfed with memories of Kingston, yet when he travels, he finds himself longing for the open space of the plains and the first snowfall. With a strong sense of place and haunting memories, Dawes grapples with life in Nebraska as a transplant.

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Country	USA
Author	Kwame Dawes
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781496221230
ISBN	1496221230
Label	University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer	University of Nebraska Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	120
PublicationDate	2019-10-01
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
ReleaseDate	2019-10-01
Studio	University of Nebraska Press

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