Few would deny that Hanson is an exceptional wordsmith. The prose in her memoir, The End of Tennessee (U of SC Press), regularly slips into the poetic as she details her tragic coming-of-age that resulted in estrangement from both of her parents and even her siblings. That Hanson was dealt a poor hand early in […]
The Professor’s Bayonet Podcast of “Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood” by Paula Delgado-Kling
January 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Dr. Jason Dew has released a podcast of Paula Delgado-Kling’s Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood, which Dew previously reviewed for SLR. Check out his podcast.
“Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood” by Paula Delgado-Kling
January 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Paula Delgado-Kling’s aptly named book, Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood (OR Books 2024), details in vivid and sticky language the plight of a poor Columbian girl whose destiny could never be anything else but what it was: a tangled, complicated, and, ultimately, violent relationship with the only authority that even pretended to care about […]
J. Michael Dew
January 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Michael Dew is a Professor of English at Georgia State University – Perimeter College. His books include Gadly Plain (Cladach Publishing 2013) and All the Bad Things (currently out of print). He is the creator of The Professor’s Bayonet, which is a weekly podcast that explores literature and theology with an eye toward social commentary.