Before The Palm Could Bloom
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Before The Palm Could Bloom
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Author : Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
language : en
Publisher: New Issues Poetry and Prose
Release Date : 1998
Before The Palm Could Bloom written by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and has been published by New Issues Poetry and Prose this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Poetry categories.
Poetry. African Studies. In BEFORE THE PALM COULD BLOOM, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley writes poems of the Liberian civil war and of the devastation it has wrought. And In poems ofvillage life and customs, the city life of Monrovia, the rites of childhoodand adolescence, Wesley records for the reader a world that has been foreverchanged. Wesley's poems incorporate many African voices, and range in tonefrom sorrow and longing, to humor and ironic wit.
Becoming Ebony
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Author : Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2003-03-12
Becoming Ebony written by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-12 with Poetry categories.
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, Becoming Ebony portrays Liberian-born Wesley’s experiences of village talk and civil war as well as her experiences of the pain of her mother’s death and the difficulties of rearing a family away from home in the United States, and explores the questions of living in the African Diaspora. Turning on the African proverb of “the wandering child” and the metaphor of the ebony tree—which is beautiful in life and death— these poems delve into issues of human suffering and survival, plainly and beautifully chronicling what happens “after the sap is gone.”
In Monrovia The River Visits The Sea
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Author : Wesley, Patricia Jabbeh
language : en
Publisher: One More Book
Release Date : 2015-04-04
In Monrovia The River Visits The Sea written by Wesley, Patricia Jabbeh and has been published by One More Book this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
In this book, Wesley poetically explores Liberia's Mesurado River through the relationship of two siblings - Klon and Geede. Beautifully illustrated for children, the book tells the human story whilst exploring the wonders of the natural world.
Where The Road Turns
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Author : Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Where The Road Turns written by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Poetry categories.
The fourth poetry collection of Patricia Jabbeh Wesley.
The River Is Rising
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Author : Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
language : en
Publisher: Press 53
Release Date : 2023-08-15
The River Is Rising written by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and has been published by Press 53 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and her family fled their native country after suffering tremendous privations and violence during the bloody Liberian Civil War at the end of the 20th Century. These poems are more than the story of one woman who carried her children over dead bodies in the streets where she lived, who fled bombs and constant gunfire, who was locked with her daughters in an internment camp where she witnessed every kind of crime against women. Wesley did more than survive. She helped other women. She wrote. The River Is Rising is more than a collection of poems, it is a story of family, customs, struggle, survival, witness, and love. Originally published by Autumn House Press in 2007, Press 53 returns this important book to print as part of its Silver COncho Poetry Series, edited by Pamela Uschuk and William Pitt Root.
Making Poems
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Author : Todd F. Davis
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2010-02-02
Making Poems written by Todd F. Davis and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-02 with Poetry categories.
Contemporary poets offer behind-the-scenes perspectives on the poetic process.
The House That Made Me
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Author : Grant Jarrett
language : en
Publisher: SparkPress
Release Date : 2016-04-12
The House That Made Me written by Grant Jarrett and has been published by SparkPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-12 with Literary Collections categories.
Home—the place where we were born, where we learned our first lessons, where family was defined. The very notion evokes powerful feelings, feelings as individual as our fingerprints, as enduring as the universe and as inescapable as gravity. In this candid, evocative collection of essays, a diverse group of acclaimed authors reflects on the diverse homes, neighborhoods, and experiences that helped shape them—using Google Earth software to revisit the location in the process. Moving and life-affirming, this poignant anthology gives fresh insight into the concept of Home. This anthology includes 19 essays by an array of diverse award-winning authors, including: • Tim Johnston, author of Descent and winner of the O. Henry Prize, the New Letters Award for Writers, and the Gival Press Short Story Award • Laura Miller, culture columnist at Slate and co-founder of Salon.com • Porochista Khakpour, author of The Last Illusion and recipient of the 2012 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Literature Fellowship in Creative Writing (Prose) • Lee Upton, author of The Tao of Humiliation, named one of “Best Books of 2014” by Kirkus Reviews • Pamela Erens, author of the critically acclaimed novel The Virgins • Jeffery Renard Allen, author of Song of the Shank and winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence and the Whiting Writer's Award
2019 Dovetales Anthology
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Author : Pam Uschuk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-12-16
2019 Dovetales Anthology written by Pam Uschuk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-16 with Literary Collections categories.
2019 DoveTales Anthology guest edited by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Ph. D. with contributors from all over the world and winners of our 2019 Young Writers Contest. Includes Liberian young scholars' poetry and photographs.
The American Flower Garden Directory
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Author : Robert Buist
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-12-04
The American Flower Garden Directory written by Robert Buist and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-04 with Fiction categories.
"The American Flower Garden Directory: Containing Practical Directions for the Culture of Plants, in the Hot-House, Garden-House, Flower Garden and Rooms or Parlours, for Every Month in the Year" by Robert Buist was an essential manual and resource for people hoping to one day cultivate a flower garden of their own. It also allowed those interested in plant life the opportunity to learn about the different flowers that could be grown in garden houses, greenhouses, homes, and gardens throughout the year.
Breaking The Silence
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Author : Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2023-03
Breaking The Silence written by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03 with Poetry categories.
Breaking the Silence is the first comprehensive collection of literature from Liberia since before the nation’s independence. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley has gathered work from the 1800s to the present, including poets and emerging young writers exploring contemporary literary traditions with African and African diaspora poetry that transcends borders. 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 navigating a landscape at odds with itself. From poets of Liberia’s past to young writers of the present, the contributors to this volume celebrate the beauty of their nation while mourning the devastation of a long, bloody civil war.