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Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes is the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, criticism, and essays, including
City of Bones: A Testament
and
Nebraska
.
Rachel Cox
The Widow’s Elegy
A poem for Wednesday
Kwame Dawes
September 21, 2022
