Showing posts with label Peace Corps Reading 1988. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peace Corps Reading 1988. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Reading from the Peace Corps Journals in the Capitol Rotunda in 1988

On Sunday I had faculty from City College of San Francisco over to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Peace Corps, but I haven't had time to write about that yet--too much homework from my study sabbatical!  I also follow the dictate "Write what you need to write," and this morning I needed to write to Michael Collier about his article "As Alzheimer's robs mind, heart opens," which resonated with me a lot.  But I'll be back tomorrow.  In the meantime, here's an article from 1988, when I made it to D.C. for the wonderful reading from 400 Peace Corps diaries.  Maybe this is unreadable, but it will hold my place, like a book marker, until I get back.  In the meantime, here are some links for things I've already written about the Peace Corps.


http://www.peacecorpswriters.org/pages/2003/0305/305wrwr-tm.html
http://www.peacecorpswriters.org/pages/2008/0811/811wr-martin.htm
http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=learn.whatlike.story&story_id=56

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