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Nebraska: PoemsKwame Dawes is not a native Nebraskan. Born in Ghana, he later moved to Jamaica, where he spent most of his childhood and early adulthood. In 1992 he relocated to the United States and eventually found himself an American living in Lincoln, Nebraska. In Nebraska, this beautiful and evocative collection of poems, Dawes explores a theme constant in his work the intersection of memory, home, and artistic invention. The poems, set against the backdrop of

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and finally Viviane

police cars

that--in spite of glowing brightly--it doesn't make its own light

The past has crawled out of its grave

and resisting injustice

”—Daphne Oz

as it also describes their critical role in what makes families

and when a former lawman like Ben Savage is at the bar

balancing executive direction with our social and emotional needs

has for years been building a trust fund for her

He was a square peg in a round hole until he found that he could make a living doing exactly what he pleased—doodling and writing funny things about the world as he saw it

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