The End of Tennessee Reading with Rachel M. Hanson (Salisbury, MD)

Oct 9, 2024 @ 8pm | Location: Salisbury University, Worcester Room of the Commons, Building 200, 1101 Camden Ave, Salisbury, MD 21801

Oct 9, 2024 @ 8pm
Location: Salisbury University, Worcester Room of the Commons, Building 200, 1101 Camden Ave, Salisbury, MD 21801
Hosted by: Writers on the Shore at Salisbury University

Join us for a reading of The End of Tennessee with author Rachel M. Hanson.

"Not a year before I ran away from home at seventeen, I stepped out of the house at dusk, still able to see shrub oaks thinned out for winter, fame flower, too, and dun clay so wet the smell of it seemed settled in my skin." So begins Rachel M. Hanson's debut memoir about growing up impoverished, uneducated, and surrounded by violence. In lyrical, fragmented prose, she lays bare the impossible choice between self-preservation and her love for five younger siblings for whom she had become a second mother. As the years pass, Hanson struggles with guilt for leaving her siblings as she slowly realizes she could not save them. The End of Tennessee is a testament to a sister's love, resilience, and determination, a book for anyone who has left one life to create another.

Rachel M. Hanson's writing has appeared in literary journals, including Creative Nonfiction, The Iowa Review, and Joyland Magazine. She is assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina Asheville.

Hosted by Writers on the Shore at Salisbury University.