Jose Lauriano Di Lenola writes because with each year that passes behind the wall, another memory of his youth slips away–writing is his attempt to hold onto those memories. Besides writing he passes his time as a Certified Counseling Aid in Social Living Skills, working with at-risk teens, teaching, and creating innovative therapeutic classes. His work has appeared in Stone Canoe and Prisoner Express Newsletter.
Jose Di Lenola
Articles by Jose Di Lenola
Tuesday May 10
The Years In Between
The tall gray wall encircles fifty-five acres of land. Spired towers with narrow steel doors, loophole windows, and floodlights straddle the wall, like spines on a fearsome dragon. Rolling farm land, dotted with copses, comprises the surrounding landscape. The tops of a red brick village are visible inside the wall. A keep, infirmary, cafeteria, and