{"product_id":"when-the-wanderers-come-home-paperback","title":"When the Wanderers Come Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Jabbeh Wesley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed 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 \u003ci\u003eWhen the Wanderers Come Home\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wesley, a native Liberian, calls on deeply rooted African motifs and proverbs, utilizing the poetics of both the West and Africa to convey her grief. Autobiographical in nature, the poems highlight the hardships of a diaspora African and the devastation of a country and continent struggling to recover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Wanderers Come Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a woman's story about being an exile, a survivor, and an outsider in her own country; it is her cry for the Africa that is being lost in wars across the continent, creating more wanderers and world citizens.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Jabbeh Wesley\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Pennsylvania State University-Altoona. She has four other books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eWhere the Road Turns\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBecoming Ebony\u003c\/i\u003e, part of the Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761352081696,"sku":"9780803288577","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4831099f4a98999fe22ffe73154510fc.webp?v=1780205292","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/when-the-wanderers-come-home-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}