KWEE Liberian Literary Magazine Jan. Iss. Vol. 0115 May Issue Vol. 0515 | Page 17

Liberian Literary Magazine Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture JACK KOLKMEYER Authors of the Month Profiles LEKPELE M. NYMALON Jack Kolkmeyer Lekpele M. Nyamalon grew up trilingual in Guatemala where she attended elementary and middle school. Frederick V. Tully and required she retire from her tenured position as Associate Professor, she retired entirely in 2011. Split at the Root: A Memoir of Love and Lost Identity was published in the fall of 2012. Her German version of the book is ready for publication later in 2016. Aken Vivian Wariebi is an avid reader and writer and the latter began more frequently since grade school. A graduate from both Rutgers and Syracuse Universities, respectively, she never left a book nor a pen behind. Today, a Poet and Advocate for the most vulnerable, Ms. Wariebi finds joy in inspiring and helping others in any positive way that she can. Some say her Poems speak to their heart and soul and for Ms. Wariebi life speaks to her pen. Others describe her writings as life short stories. No matter how it is felt, Ms. Wariebi speaks to your heart and soul from hers and hopes that all can find a little more light along their journey of life in her work as she has in her writings. She is originally from Monrovia, Liberia and currently resides in the USA. 17