She's Gone (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781933354187)

A prominent Jamaican reggae singer falls in love with an African American woman while on tour in South Carolina. The two struggle to forge a relationship across a cultural and psychological divide in a story that spans from Jamaica to South Carolina to New York City.

Author: Kwame Dawes
ISBN-10: 1933354186
ISBN-13: 9781933354187
Publisher: Akashic Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2007
Pages: 350
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.32w x 1.02d
Award: Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/15/2007 pg. 109
Booklist 02/15/2007 pg. 34

About the Author
Kwame Dawes is an award-winning Ghanian-born Jamaican author of several books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. He teaches at the University of South Carolina, where he is Distinguished Poet in Residence and director of the USC Arts Institute and the SC Poetry Initiative. Dawes is the programmer for the annual Jamaican Calabash International Literary Festival.