“Maybe that is the power of poetry. It somehow transcends news cycles, and becomes a part of our collective imagination. That is the beauty of the art form I like to play with.” ArtPlayFormImaginationNewsCollectivesCycles Author:Kwame Dawes
“The rich and complex history of South Carolina is the history of the African diaspora, and in many ways, I felt acutely the sense of this collective memory of migration, suffering and transformation while living in South Carolina.” WaySufferingFeltMemoriesRichTransformationSouthComplexesCollectivesCarolinaMigrationSouth CarolinaDiasporaCollective Memory Author:Kwame Dawes