In the July 2000 issue of PeaceCorpsWriters.org

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Special in July —

In “A Writer Writes,” by Ginger Taylor Saçlioglu (Turkey 1968–70) traces the origins of her Love of Ankara.

In “A letter from . . . ” Kathleen M. Moore recounts a routine life in Ethiopia.

Mike Tidwell delights with his telling of his Hanoi Haircut.

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has news of writers, books, the Peace Corps and more.

Talking with . . .

Editor John Coyne interviewed Shay Youngblood (Dominica 1981) about her experiences as a published writer.

Recent books by Peace Corps writers

Nineteen new books are listed that cover topics from Hollywood to horning, from herons to Hausa.

Reviews

Black Girl in Paris

by Shay Youngblood (Dominica 1981) reviewed by Laura Bice (Macedonia 1998–99)

Margarite: A Guatemalan Peace Corps Experience by Marjorie DeMoss Casebolt (Guatemala 1988–91) Reviewed by Timothy Torre (Guinea-Bissau 1996–98)

No Condition Is Permanent by Cristina Kessler (Honduras 1973–75, Kenya 1975–76, Seychelles 1976–78) reviewed by Connie Winschel (Thailand 1995–97)

Yvette in America: A Sequential Novel by John Goulet (Ethiopia 1964–66) review by Mike Tidwell (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1985–87)

To Preserve and to Learn: Occasional Essays about the History of the Peace Corps

The Norristown, Pennsylvania Times-Herald wasn’t convinced that the Peace Corps was a good idea on

February 15, 1962

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