Paula Delgado-Kling’s book Leonor: the Story of a Lost Childhood, was published by OR Books on Nov. 7. Paula takes us to her homeland, Colombia, where she finds answers to the country’s drug wars by examining the life of Leonor, a former child soldier in the FARC, a rural guerrilla group. Paula writes: “To find the voice, style, and a reliable narrator to tell this story, I drew a lot on the literary theory that I read at Brown while working with Professor Virginia Krause for my senior thesis. Professor Ortega’s teaching also set the course for my writing, as well as the gift of my junior year abroad in Paris where all I did was read, all day long, mostly for pleasure. I am delighted that my first book will be published by OR Books, which is also Professor Robert Coover’s publisher. I remember him mentoring me at Brown. It’s a lifetime coming full circle. He was very kind to me as an undergrad.”
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