Praise Song for My Children: New and Selected Poems

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 the hope of possibility.

© 2025 Autumn House Press (Audiobook): 9781637680803

Release date

Audiobook: 9 September 2025