{"product_id":"duppy-conqueror-new-and-selected-poems-9781556594236","title":"Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems","description":"\"The miracle of empathy,\" Kwame Dawes once said in an interview, \"is the ultimate aim of my writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKwame Dawes: Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana in 1962 and moved with his family to Jamaica at the age of ten. He is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, two novels, four anthologies, numerous essays, and has seen fifteen of his plays produced. In 2009 he was awarded an Emmy for his interactive website, LiveHopeLove.com. Since 2011 he has taught at the University of Nebraska as a Chancellor's Professor of English as well as the Editor of \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a Cave Canem faculty member and teaches in the MFA program at Pacific University. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatthew Shenoda: Matthew Shenoda has coedited four previous anthologies including \u003ci\u003eFrom the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great\u003c\/i\u003e (Persea Books, 2009) and \u003ci\u003eEnough: Poets Against the War\u003c\/i\u003e (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003). Associate Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Columbia College Chicago, Shenoda's collection of poetry \u003ci\u003eSomewhere Else\u003c\/i\u003e (Coffeehouse Press, 2005) was named a 2005 debut book of the year by \u003ci\u003ePoets and Writers\u003c\/i\u003e and his second collection \u003ci\u003eSeasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2009 by BOA editions. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Copper Canyon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356334756114,"sku":"9781556594236","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_990f2f03-ac09-415c-a3d9-97215e7843e9.jpg?v=1728309089","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/duppy-conqueror-new-and-selected-poems-9781556594236","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}