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In Patricia Jabbeh Wesley’s fourth poetry collection, she continues her lyric exploration of what it means to be a survivor and an immigrant, retelling stories of a generation ruined by war and grief, and the healing that follows.
Price: $14.95
Pages: 88
Publisher: Autumn House Press
Imprint: Autumn House Press
Publication Date:
01 August 2010
ISBN: 9781932870404
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POETRY / African, Poetry by individual poets, POETRY / Women Authors, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Death, Grief, Loss, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Family
"Wesley possesses a distinctive, lyrical gift of the highest order…. The emotional appeal of her poetry is direct and accessible. She also has a dramatic gift and a masterly command of place." —Liberian Studies Journal
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley is the author of Praise Song for My Children, When the Wanderers Come Home, Where the Road Turns, The River Is Rising, Becoming Ebony, and Before the Palm Could Bloom: Poems of Africa. Her work has been translated into Italian, Spanish, and Finnish. She teaches creative writing and African literature at Penn State Altoona.