A workshop presented at the Peace Corps 41st Anniversary Conference
Friday, June 21 2:00 – 3:00pm Room: Classic A
The Peace Corps Novel as Literature
Mark Brazaitis (Guatemala 1991–93) has had poems published in The Sun, Notre Dame Review, Atlanta Review, Slant: A Journal of Poetry, the Bryant Literary Review and other literary magazines. He is the author of The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala, winner of the 1998 Iowa Short Fiction Award, and Steal My Heart, a novel; and he teaches fiction and poetry workshops at West Virginia University.
Chris Conlon (Botswana 1988–90) is the author of the chapbook A Stained Dawn: Poems About Africa. He is a past recipient of the Peace Corps Experience Award and lives in Silver Springs, Maryland.
Sandra Meek (Botswana 1989–91) is the author of The Circumference of Arrival, and an assistant professor of English at Berry College in Georgia.
Ann Neelon (Senegal 1978–1979) is the author of Easter Vigil, which won the Anhinga Prize for Poetry, and the 1997 RPCV Writers & Readers Poetry Award. She teaches creative writing at Murray State University in Murray, KY.
Margaret Szumowski (Zaire and Ethiopia 1973–75) is the author of the chapbook, Ruby’s Café, and a full-length collection, I Want This World.
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