Literary Festival: Patricia Jabbeh Wesley - Mercyhurst University
Taylor Little Theatre
Dr. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English, Creative Writing, and African Literature, is the author of six critically acclaimed books of poetry, including her most recent, “Praise Song for My Children: New and Selected Poems” and “When the Wanderers Come Home.” Jabbeh Wesley is also the author of the children’s book, “In Monrovia, the River Visits the Sea.” Her works are known for exploring the Liberian civil war and the Liberian and Grebo cultures, and for providing a voice for women. She is a human rights activist, an anti-war advocate, and a literary scholar. Her awards include a World Bank Fellowship, a Crab Orchard Award, and a 2016 Wise Women Literary Arts Award.
Free and open to the public.
