Poem by Penn State Altoona faculty member featured in the New York Times

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley

The University of Nebraska Press, in collaboration with the African Poetry Book Series, will publish “I Come from A Country: The Collected Poems of Patricia Jabbeh Wesley.”

Credit: Penn State

ALTOONA, Pa. — A poem by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was published in the "New York Times" online magazine and appeared in the June 7 print edition.

Selected for publication by Naomi Shihab Nye, "One Day, love song for the newly divorced" is included in Jabbeh Wesley's collection of poetry "Praise Song for My Children: New and Selected Poems," published by Autumn House Press in March 2020.

The poem is available on the "New York Times" site.

Contact