Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
About the Introducer
Kwame Dawes is a poet, novelist and critic who is professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he edits Prairie Schooner magazine. Originally from Ghana and raised in Jamaica, he was awarded a PhD from the University of New Brunswick and has lived and taught in North America for over 30 years. For his poetry he has won the Pushcart Prize, a Forward Poetry Prize and a Commonwealth Writers Prize, among other accolades; his most recent collection is City of Bones. His poetry collection, Duppy Conqueror, includes a sonnet narrated in the voice of Frederick Douglass.