by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Nov 2, 2023 | Kwame News
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominations for the 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards. The Crossover received two nominations, in the categories of Young Teen Series and Writing for a...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Aug 15, 2023 | Kwame News
Honored and thrilled to share that Kwame Alexander and Damani Johnson received a 2023 Humanitas award nomination for The Crossover (“X’s & O’s” episode), in the category of Children’s teleplay (live-action or...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Jul 28, 2023 | Kwame News
Heading back out on the road for a series of upcoming events. If you’re planning to be in Atlanta, Chatauqua, or Martha’s Vineyard, we’d love to see you! Saturday, July 29National Book Club Conference11:00am ETAtlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel &...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Jun 30, 2023 | Media Coverage
Poet Kwame Alexander reflects on ‘Why Fathers Cry at Night’ | “I’m not a grown man — I’m a growing man,” Alexander says. His new memoir started as a book of love poems, but ended up being a collection of essays and poems about love,...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | May 26, 2023 | Media Coverage
“Kwame Alexander delivers us a powerful and intimate memoir-in-verse. Emily Dickenson once said, “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant.” Alexander works his life into his poetry to help us reflect on our own lives. A memoir in a book of poetry — a most sublime...
