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David Espey (Morocco 1962–64) remembers expatriate writer Paul Bowles.

A letter from . . .

Ukraine by Eugenia Hepworth Jenson (Ukraine 1995–97)

Literary Type

Of writers and books

Recent books by Peace Corps writers

Among the fifteen new books by Peace Corps writers there are three children’s books that have received national attention and three written by people whose last name begins with Z.

Reviews

The Rhythm of Compassion and Circle of Compassion by Gail Straub (Ivory Coast 1971–73) reviewed by Susan Hundt Bergan (Ethiopia 1966–68)

Love Her Madly by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith (Cameroon 1965–1967) reviewed by Sharon Dirlam (Russian Far East 1996–98)

I Want This World by Margaret Szumowski (Zaire 1973–74, Ethiopia 1974–75) and The Circumference of Arrival by Sandra Meek (Botswana 1989–91) — two books of poetry reviewed by Mark Brazaitis (Guatemala 1991–93).

To Preserve and to Learn

The second installment of Mark Covert writing about Moritz Thomsen (Ecuador 1965–67), this time focusing on The Farm on the River of Emeralds.

Revisit Med Bennett’s “The Real Job of the Peace Corps — One Man’s View.”

Opportunities for writers

Attend the Writers of the Americas’ Third Annual U.S.-Cuba Writers Conference in Havana.

The Chicken Soup for the Soul people are seeking submissions. For more information . . .

Don Christians (PC staff: Ethiopia 1967–70, Dominican Republic 1970–72) invites writers to appear on his radio program, “Turning Pages.” For more information . . .

New at the site

We’ll link you to our world: Links to sites of PCVs and RPCVs that tell of their countries and experiences.

Back issue of RPCV Writers & Readers added to Archives

September, 1993 — featuring “Sitting in Paul Bowles’ Chair” by Sarah Steed, “If John Grisham had been a PCV” by Kitty Thuermer, “Asha” by Jeanne D’Haem and more.