REVIEWS AND CRITICISM OF DAWES’ CREATIVE WORKS

-- Anon. “‘This Small Wild Life’: Progeny of Air.” Poetry London Newsletter.

-- Brading, Tilla. ‘Narratives of Jamaica’: Kwame Dawes’ Progeny of Air and Prophets.” Poetry Quarterly Review Winter 1995.

-- Broady, Bill. “Kwame Dawes: Progeny of Air.” Brag.

-- Clarke, George. “Dawes Emerges as a Significant Poet: Progeny of Air.” The Mail Star.

-- France, Linda. “’The Spawning Ground’: Progeny of air. Poetry Review 39.

-- Hannan, Jim. “Kwame Dawes. A Place to Hide.” World Literature Today 78.3-4 (2004): 82-83.

-- McKoy, Lois. “’Heralding modern Caribbean Writers’: Progeny of Air.” Weekly Gleaner.

-- Nazareth, Peter. “Kwame Dawes. Jacko Jacobus.” World Literature Today.

-- Omoyele, Idowu. “Kwame Dawes. Requiem and Jacko Jacobus.” Calabash.

-- Philp, Geoffrey. “Shook Foil: A Collection of Reggae Poems.” The Caribbean Writer.

-- Searle, Chris. “’ Islands of Dreams’: Progeny of Air.” Morning Star, June 26th 1995.

--“’Piercing Portrayals of Naked Capitalism’: Prophets.” Morning Star, November 27 th 1995.

-- Sen, Sudeep. “Kwame Dawes. Progeny of Air.” Lines Review.

--“Kwame Dawes. Prophets.” World Literature Today, Autumn 1996.

-- St. Hill, Dionne. “’Stories of Poetic Justice’: Progeny of air and Prophets.” The Mail star.

-- Waters, Chris. Review of Midland.World Literature Today. January 2002.

--“Inheritance.” London Review of Books . Volume 21, Number 2, January 21, 1999.

-- “Pusher,” “Psalm 37.” London Review of Books. Volume 17, Number 10, May 25, 1995,

REVIEWS AND CRITICISM OF DAWES’ SCHOLARLY WORKS

Jones, Clara. “Literature of Belangin: A Review of Wheel and Come Agan.” Canadian Literature.

Kuelker, Michael. “Kwame Dawes. Natural Mysticism: Towards a New Reggae Aesthetic in Caribbean Writing.” The Beat 19.2 (2000): 66-67.

-- “Wheel and Come Again: An Anthology of Reggae Poetry.” The Beat 17.6 (1998): 75-76.

Le Gendre, Kevin. “’dig the Beat as You turn the Pages’: Natural Mysticism.” The Independent ( London) July 25, 1999.

McLeod, John. “Wheel and Come Again: Transnational Aesthetics Beyond the Postcolonial.” Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies 7.2 (2001): 85-99.

Philp, Geoffrey. “Kwame Dawes. Wheel and Come Again: An anthology of Reggae Poetry.” The Caribbean Writer 13 (1999): 271-72.

--“Kwame Dawes. Natural Mysticism: Towards a New Reggae Aesthetic in Caribbean Writing.” The Caribbean Writer 14 (2000).

-- "In Search of the Ironic Republic. David Kennedy on Kwame Dawes.” Poetry Review. Volume 90, No. 4. Winter 2000/1. 37-38.

Creative work has been reviewed and featured in the following publications:

For Drama: The Daily Gleaner ( Jamaica), The Daily News ( Jamaica), The Daily Gleaner ( Canada), The Telegraph Journal ( Canada), The Brunswickan ( Canada), and The Item ( USA)

For Poetry: World Literature Written In English (UK), Poetry London Newsletter (UK), Morning Star (UK), The Daily Gleaner (Jamaica), The Telegraph Journal (Canada), The Daily Gleaner (Canada), The Voice (UK), Poetry Review (UK), Lines (UK), and The State (USA), Impact (UK), Calabash (UK) The Globe and Mail (Canada) The State (SC-USA), The Atlanta Journal/Constitution (USA), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), Beat (USA).