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Five Peace Corps Blogs That Cut Through the Clichés
Not a Typical Day: Andy’s Adventures in Ghana https://notatypicalday.blog/ On the verge of embarking on his third year in Ghana, Andy writes with a teacher’s heart and a traveler’s eye....
Pitch Perfect
These days, there are more pathways to publication than ever before: do-it-yourself, web publishing, print on demand, vanity presses, hybrid publishers, and indie presses, to name a few. But if...
Helicopters and The Himalayan Gourmet Cookbook
The word “gourmet” is not often associated with Peace Corps service, but if you were serving in the high Himalayas in the 1960s, you may have a different understanding of...
A Life Lived in Books
Dan Pelzer started recording every book he read in 1962, when he arrived in Dharan, Nepal, as a Peace Corps Volunteer, and began a ritual of reading through the paperbacks...
Letter to a First-Time Peace Corps Writer
No matter who you are, sitting down to a blank page to try and tell the story of your life can be daunting. But I’m here to reassure you that,...
When a Picture Sells a Thousand Words
From an early age, many of us are told not to judge a book by its cover, yet we intuitively know that first impressions matter—maybe more than they should. While...
Here Comes the Sun by Bill McKibben
I was just back from my Peace Corps service in Zaire when famed climate scientist Dr. James Hansen marched up to Capitol Hill in 1988 and told Congress—for the first...
The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue
Reading The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue feels like strolling through your hometown with an affable neighbor, one filled with a deep respect for the natural world and a pragmatic...
Married to Amazement
When Kathleen Coskran’s memoir kicks off by disclosing to her readers that she’s not just old, but old old (81 years), we can’t help but be drawn in by her...
A Million Miles: My Peace Corps Journey
This enthralling memoir from a former Peace Corps director follows the life of a curious and dedicated public servant, starting with her abandonment at age 3 and taking us through...
