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Books by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
  | | Praise Song for My Children(1st Edition) New and Selected Poems by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2020 by Autumn House Press ISBN-13: 978-1-938769-50-4, ISBN: 1-938769-50-3 "Praise Song for My Children celebrates twenty-one years of poetry by one of the most significant African poets of this century. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley guides us through the complex and intertwined highs and lows of motherhood and all the roles that it encompasses: parent, woman, wife, sister, friend. Her work is deeply personal, drawing from her own life and surroundings to convey grief, the bleakness of war, humor, deep devotion, and t ..." |
 | | Cutthroat, A Journal Of The Arts Cutthroat 24 Vols. 1 & 2 Spring 2019 by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Joy Harjo, Naomi Shihab Nye Paperback, 286 Pages, Published 2019 by Cutthroat, A Journal Of The Arts ISBN-13: 978-1-73201-700-9, ISBN: 1-73201-700-X "Poetry, Short Stories, Nonfiction, Photos, Art and Book Reviews by Daniel Barnum-Swett, Tony Barnstone, Austin Bennett, Kimberley Blaeser, Chris Bullard, .chisaroakwu., Stewe Claeson, Chard DeNiord, Ty Dettioff, Richard Dinges, Anita Endrezze, Michele Feeney, Courtney Felle, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Jerry Gates, Julia Mary Gibson, Jenn Givhan, Joy Harjo, Elizabeth Hellstern, Sandra Hunter, Richard Jackson, Patricia Spears Jones, Whitney Judd, ..." |
 | | When the Wanderers Come Home (African Poetry Book) by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Paperback, 126 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-8857-7, ISBN: 0-8032-8857-3 "Described by African scholar and literary critic Chielozona Eze as “one of the most prolific African poets of the twenty-first century,” Patricia Jabbeh Wesley composed When the Wanderers Come Home during a four-month visit to her homeland of Liberia in 2013. She gives powerful voice to the pain and inner turmoil of a homeland still reconciling itself in the aftermath of multiple wars and destruction. Wesley, a native Liberian, calls ..." |
 | | Where the Road Turns by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Paperback, 88 Pages, Published 2010 by Autumn House ISBN-13: 978-1-932870-40-4, ISBN: 1-932870-40-7 "In 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." |
 | | Becoming Ebony(1st Edition) (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry) by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2003 by Southern Illinois University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-2517-7, ISBN: 0-8093-2517-9 "Recapturing the celebratory voice of Africa in poems that are both contemporary and traditional, Liberian-born Patricia Jabbeh Wesley weaves lyrical storytelling with oral history and images of Africa and America, revealing powerful insights about the relationship between strength and tragedy―and finding reason to celebrate even in the presence of war, difficulties, and death. Rooted in myths that can be traced to the Grebo tradition, B ..." |
 | | The River Is Rising(8th Edition) by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Paperback, 126 Pages, Published 2007 by Autumn House Press ISBN-13: 978-1-932870-18-3, ISBN: 1-932870-18-0 "In Patricia Jabbeh Wesley's third collection of poems, the poet writes about being caught between two cultures: her native Liberia and her adopted America. The struggles of the immigrant are contrasted with her memories of the Liberian Civil War." |
 | | Before the Palm Could Bloom(1st Edition) Poems of Africa (Inland Seas) by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Paperback, 86 Pages, Published 1998 by New Issues Poetry And Prose ISBN-13: 978-0-932826-64-0, ISBN: 0-932826-64-4 "In Before the Palm Could Bloom, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley writes poems of the Liberian civil war and of the devastation it has wrought: 200,000 dead –– including 50,000 children –– and 750,000 citizens forced to take refuge in neighboring countries. And in poems of village life and customs, the city life of Monrovia, the rites of childhood and adolescence, Wesley records for the reader a world that has been forever changed. Wesley's poems ..." |
 | | The River Is Rising by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Softcover, Published 2023 by Press 53 ISBN-13: 978-1-950413-59-1, ISBN: 1-950413-59-4 |
 | | Breaking the Silence Anthology of Liberian Poetry (African Poetry Book) by Wesley, Patricia Jabbeh Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 2023 by University Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4962-3306-6, ISBN: 1-4962-3306-9 |
 | | African Poetry Book Ser. When the Wanderers Come Home by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley 126 Pages, Published 2016 by U Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-9503-2, ISBN: 0-8032-9503-0 "Described by African scholar and literary critic Chielozona Eze as “one of the most prolific African poets of the twenty-first century,” Patricia Jabbeh Wesley composed When the Wanderers Come Home during a four-month visit to her ..." |
 | | Vanished Arizona Recollections of the Army Life of a New England woman by Martha Summerhayes, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley 126 Pages, Published 2016 by Univ. Of Nebraska Press: Lincoln, N.D.(1979). First Bison Book Printing. (Reprint Of The 1911 2Nd Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-9501-8, ISBN: 0-8032-9501-4 "In the African Poetry Book Series The Promise of Hope: New and Selected Poems, 1964–2013 Kofi Awoonor Edited and with an introduction by Kofi Anyidoho Seven New Generation African Poets: A Chapbook boxed set Edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani Madman at Kilifi Clifton Gachagua Gabriel Okara: Collected Poems Gabriel Okara Edited and with an introduction by Brenda Marie Osbey The KitchenDweller's Testimony Ladan Osman Fuchsia Maht ..." |
 | | In Monrovia, The River Visits The Sea by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Kula Moore Paperback, 28 Pages, Published 2012 by One Moore Book ISBN-13: 978-0-615-73900-7, ISBN: 0-615-73900-8 "In Monrovia, The River Visits The Sea Written by: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Illustrated by: Kula Moore Grade Level: PK-3 In this book, Wesley poetically explores Liberia's Mesurado River through the relationship of two siblings--Klon and Geede." |
 | | Crab Orchard Ser. in Poetry Ser. Crab Orchard Series in Poetry : Becoming Ebony by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley 96 Pages, Published 2003 by Siu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-8886-8, ISBN: 0-8093-8886-3 "Poetry “Patricia Jabbeh Wesley's lush collection of poems Becoming Ebony is in many respects a memoir of the life she lost when ... However, this is not simply a poetry of mourning or an excursion into some wistful fantasy of an African life." |
 | | Breaking the Silence Anthology of Liberian Poetry by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley 301 Pages, Published 2023 by U Of Nebraska Press ISBN-13: 978-1-4962-3592-3, ISBN: 1-4962-3592-4 "In this collection, Liberia’s founding settlers wrestle with their identity as African free slaves in the homeland from which their ancestors were captured, and writers of the early twentieth and twenty-first centuries find themselves ..." |
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