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Recent books by Peace Corps writers

There are seventeen new books by Peace Corps writers.

Literary Type

Of writers and books

Talking with . . .

Editor John Coyne interviewed Gene Stone (Niger 1974–76)

Reviews

Angry Wind by Jeffrey Tayler (Morocco 1988–90 reviewed by Darcy Meijer (Gabon 1982–84)

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins (Ecuador 1968–71) reviewed by Howard Schuman (Thailand 1968–70)

God Lives in St. Petersburg by Tom Bissell (Uzbekistan 1996–97) reviewed by Joe Kovacs (Sri Lanka 1997–98)

Horses Like the Wind and Other Stories of Africa by Baker H. Morrow (Somalia 1968–69) reviewed by Bonnie Lee Black (Gabon 1996–98)

The Rising by Tom Pollock and Jack Seybold (Brazil 1966–67) reviewed by John C. Kennedy (Ghana 1965–68)

The Way They Say Yes Here by Jacqueline Lyons (Lesotho 1992–95) reviewed by Philip Dacey (Nigeria 1963–65)

The Booklocker

Africa Visas by Maria Thomas (Ethiopia 1971–73)

A Writer Writes

Joahua Abrams (Kazakhstan 1996–98) writes of “The Onion Harvest of Kazakhstan.”

Jason Boog (Guatemala 2000–02) tells of “The Rainy Season in Guatemala.”

War and Peace Corps

Tony Zurlo (Nigeria 1964–66) on “Becoming a Man in the Sixties.”

To Preserve and to Learn

The Non-Matrixed Wife by Susan O'Neill (Venezuela 1973–74)

New at the site

• Recently added to our “Bibliography of Peace Corps Writers”:
  • Edward Burkett (Micronesia 1986–87)
  • Martha J. Egan (Venezuela 1967–69)
  • John Isles (Estonia 1992–94)
  • Kenny Karem (Chile 1966–68)
  • John Perkins (Ecuador 1968–71)
  • Federick Edward Pitts (Congo/Mali 1992–93)
  • Jennifer B-C Seaver (Iran 1966–68)
  • Wade C. Sherbrooke (Peru 1966–68)
  • Marcy Spaulding (Mali 2000–03)
  • Gene Stone (Niger 1974–76)
  • Maxine Valdez (Kenya 1980–81)
  • Patricia A. Waak (Brazil 1966–68)
  • George Wallace (Korea 1975–77)
  • Michael J. Wood Ukraine, Turkmenistan