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Winners Of Peace Corps Writers 2009 Books Awards

Jul 09 2009

Publisher Marian Haley Beil (Ethiopia 1962–64) and I are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Peace Corps Writers Awards for books published during 2008. We have added two new awards to the six we have given in the past — one for Best Peace Corps Memoir, and one for Best Book of Photography. The winning books and authors are: Paul Cowan Non-Fiction Award The Last Days of Old Beijing Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed By Michael Meyer (China 1995-97) Walker & Company Maria Thomas Fiction Award The Baker’s Boy By Barry Kitterman (Belize 1975–77) Southern Methodist University Press Award for Best Travel Writing Travel Wise How to Be Safe, Savvy and Secure Abroad By Ray Leki (Nepal 1979-80; Staff: 1988–90; Pakistan 1990) Intercultural Press Award for Best Poetry Book The Book of Sleep By Eleanor Stanford (Cape Verde 1998–2000) Carnegie Mellon Press Award for . . .

Nominees for best RPCV books of 2009

May 26 2010

This is a list of the books that are the finalists for Peace Corps Writers Awards of 2010. These awards are for books published in 2009. From this list below one book in each category will be selected by the committee(s) and announced in July on our website. In 2009 more than 70 books-fiction, non-fiction, books of essays, memoirs, and poetry by RPCVs were sent to us for review. We think it is about 90% of all books published by RPCVs last year. If you have a favorite book, let me know why, and I’ll pass on your recommendation to the committees. Thank you. John p.s. If you think a book has been inadvertently left off this list, also please let me know. • for the Paul Cowan Non-Fiction Award Clintonomics: How Bill Clinton Reengineered the Reagan Revolution By Jack Godwin (Gabon 1982-84) AMACOM Press 304 pages March 2009 The . . .

Peace Corps Writers awards for books published in 2009

Jan 29 2010

It is time to nominate your favorite Peace Corps book published in 2009. Send your nomination(s) to John Coyne at: jpcoyne@cnr.edu. You may nominate your own book; books written by friends; books written by total strangers. The books can be about the Peace Corps or on any topic. However, the books must have been published in 2009. The awards will be announced this coming July. Thank you for nominating your favorite book written by a PCV, RPCV or Peace Corps Staff. Paul Cowan Non-Fiction Award First given in 1990, the Paul Cowan Non-Fiction Award was named to honor Paul Cowan, a Peace Corps Volunteer who served in Ecuador. Cowan wrote The Making of An Un-American about his experiences as a Volunteer in Latin America in the sixties. A longtime activist and political writer for The Village Voice, Cowan died of leukemia in 1988. Maria Thomas Fiction Award The Maria Thomas Fiction . . .

“Downsizing Books” by John Coyne (Ethopia)

Aug 21 2022

When I was growing up on a farm in Illinois all six of us kids (I was the youngest) waited for the Saturday Evening Post to arrive in Wednesday’s mail so we’d have stories to read over the weekend. After dinner, whichever of my three sisters was washing the dishes that night would prop a book up against the kitchen window so she could read as she scrubbed. Since my job was to dry, I couldn’t pull off that trick. But I loved books too, and before I learned to read, my oldest sister would read to me whatever Jane Austen or Brontē novel she had gotten from the village library. We read so many books, in fact, that soon my older siblings had gone through everything deemed “age appropriate” by the librarian, Mrs. Butterfield. So one day she refused to let my sister Eileen check out the book she’d chosen. My mother, . . .

New books by Peace Corps writers — July & August 2019

Sep 06 2019

To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com — Click on the book cover, the bold book title, or the publishing format you would like — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance from your purchase that will help support the site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. We now include a one-sentence description — provided by the author — for the books listed here in hopes of encouraging readers 1) to order the book and 2) to volunteer to review it. See a book you’d like to review for Peace Corps Worldwide? Send a note to Marian at peacecorpsworldwide@gmail.com, and we’ll send you a copy along with a few instructions. • The Price of Freedom Martin R. Ganzglass (Somalia 1966–68) Peace Corps Writers 370 pages July 2019 $14.95 (paperback) This sixth and last novel of the American Revolution by Martin Ganzglass begins after the crucial victory at Yorktown in October 1781, and . . .

Nominations for Best Peace Corps Books of 2018

Jun 03 2019

To further fulfill its goals to encourage, recognize and promote Peace Corps writers, RPCV Writers & Readers, the newsletter that was the precursor of PeaceCorpsWriters.org and PeaceCorpsWorldwide.org, presented its first annual awards for outstanding writing in 1990. A total of 151 awards have been given since that time. Winners receive a certificate and small cash award. Nominate your favorite Peace Corps book published in 2018 by sending an email to: jcoyneone@gmail.com The Awards THE MARIA THOMAS FICTION AWARD, first presented in 1990, is named after the novelist Maria Thomas [Roberta Worrick (Ethiopia 1971–73)] who was the author of the well-reviewed novel Antonia Saw the Oryx First, and two collections of short stories, Come to Africa and Save Your Marriage: And Other Stories and African Visas: A Novella and Stories, all set in Africa. Roberta lost her life in August, 1989, while working in Ethiopia for a relief agency. She went down in the plane crash that also killed her husband, . . .

“Downsizing Books” by John Coyne (Ethiopia)

Jul 20 2018

New books by Peace Corps writers — April 2018

Apr 25 2018

To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com — Click on the book cover, the bold book title, or the publishing format you would like — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance from your purchase that will help support the site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. We are now including a one-sentence description — provided by the author — for the books listed here in hopes of encouraging readers 1) to order the book and 2) to volunteer to review it. See a book you’d like to review for Peace Corps Worldwide? Send a note to Marian at peacecorpsworldwide@gmail.com, and we’ll send you a copy along with a few instructions. • Magic Hours: Essays on Creators and Creation by Tom Bissell (Uzbekistan 1996) Vintage — Reissue edition 352 pages March 2018 $16.95 (paperback), $11.99 (Kindle) • Borderland: An Exploration of States of Consciousness in New and Selected Sonnets Julie . . .

New books by Peace Corps writers — September 2017

Oct 13 2017

To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com — Click on the book cover, the bold book title, or the publishing format you would like — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance from your purchase that will help support the site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. We are now including a one-sentence description — provided by the author — for the books listed here in hopes of encouraging readers 1) to order the book and 2) to volunteer to review it. See a book you’d like to review for Peace Corps Worldwide? Send a note to peacecorpsworldwide@gmail.com, and we’ll send you a copy along with a few instructions. • It Depends: A Guide to Peace Corps by Kelly Branyik (China 2014–2016) Write With Light Publications LLC August 2017 116 pages $14.95 (paperback), $7.99 (Kindle) With advice, tips and stories from past Volunteers, this guide contains everything you need to make . . .

New books by Peace Corps writers — August 2017

Sep 12 2017

To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com — Click on the book cover, the bold book title, or the publishing format you would like — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance from your purchase that will help support the site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. We are now including a one-sentence description — provided by the author — for the books listed here in hopes of encouraging readers 1) to order the book and 2) to volunteer to review it. See a book you’d like to review for Peace Corps Worldwide? Send a note to peacecorpsworldwide@gmail.com, and we’ll send you a copy along with a few instructions. • If You Are Retiring, You Might Join the Peace Corps! by Sally Jo Nelson Botzler (Mexico 2009–11) WestBowPress July 2017 122 pages $16.95 (paperback), $3.99 (Kindle) Following retirement, the author and her husband served as Peace Corps Volunteers at the Sierra . . .

New books by Peace Corps Writers — May 2017

Jun 07 2017

To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com — Click on the book cover, the bold book title, or the publishing format you would like — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance from your purchase that will help support the site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. We are now including a one-sentence description — provided by the author — for the books listed here in hopes of encouraging readers 1) to order the book and 2) to volunteer to review it. See a book you’d like to review for Peace Corps Worldwide? Send a note to peacecorpsworldwide@gmail.com, and we’ll send you a copy along with a few instructions. • Portraits of Innocence: The Children of Ahero Photos Bie Bostrom (Kenya 2004–06) CreateSpace May, 2017 42 pages $20.00 (paperback) Here are African children in their daily activities: balancing pails of water on their heads; watching after younger siblings; toting twigs . . .

Experience books — W

PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCE BOOKS — W To order a book listed here from Amazon, click on the linked, bold book title — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance that will help support this site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z WESTERN SAMOA Pisikoa: South Pacific Diary ’78-’80: Enduring Uncle Mikey Michael Baughan, O.D. (Western Samoa 1978–80) CreateSpace 2016 Peace Corps diary Breathing the Same Air: A Peace Corps Romance Gerry Christmas (Thailand 1973–76; Western Samoa 1976–78) Lulu 2015 Peace Corps memoir Full Circle: South Dakota and Samoa Jackie Faasisila (Western Samoa 1972–77) Independently published, 2021 Peace Corps memoir WORLDWIDE COLLECTIONS It Depends: A Guide to Peace Corps Kelly Branyik (China 2014–16) Write With Light Publications LLC, 2014 . . .

Experience books — U

PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCE BOOKS — U To order a book listed here from Amazon, click on the linked, bold book title — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance that will help support this site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z UGANDA The Shattered Pearl: An Odyssey of Service, Savagery and Survival Sara McWright Armstrong (Uganda 1966–68) Trafford Publishers, 2002 Peace Corps memoir Somehow: Living on Uganda Time Douglas Cruickshank (Uganda 2009–12) Verflectin Media, 2013 Peace Corps essays and photography Tales from A Muzungu by Nicholas Duncan (Uganda 2010–12) Peace Corps Writers, 2014 Peace Corps memoir From Gulu with Love Ursula J. Foster (Uganda 2001–03, 2010–12) Independently published, 2021 Peace Corps letters The Impenetrable Forest Thor Hanson . . .

Experience books — T

PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCE BOOKS — T To order a book listed here from Amazon, click on the linked, bold book title — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance that will help support this site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z TANGANYIKA (see Tanzania) TANAZANIA Tunakumbuka (We Remember): Our Time in Tanzania as Peace Corps Volunteers Harlan Bengtson (Tanzania 1965–67) PublishAmerica, 2009 Peace Corps memoir The Handsome American: a fictionalized memoir E. B. Bolles (Tanzania 1966-68) [Edmond Blair] Independently published 2016 Peace Corps fictionalized memoir There Comes A Time Terry Campbell (Tanzania 1985-87; Dominican Republic 1989-92; Crisis Corps El Salvador 2001-02) Self published, 2005 Peace Corps memoir The Peace Corpse: Misadventures in Love and Africa Andy Christofferson . . .

Experience books — R

PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCE BOOKS — R To order a book listed here from Amazon, click on the linked, bold book title — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance that will help support this site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ROMANIA Bread, Salt, & Plum Brandy: A True Story of Love and Adventure in a Foreign Land Lisa Fisher Cazacu (Romania 2002–04) and Rosemary Colgrove Aventine Books, 2009 Peace Corps memoir Ruminations from Romania: A Middle–Aged Peace Corps Volunteer’s Letters Home Lee Knox (Romania ) Lulu, 2012 Peace Corps letters Forever Traveling Home Regina D Landor (Macedonia; Romania) Independently published 2013 Peace Corps memoir King of the Gypsies: Stories Lenore Myka (Romania 1994-96 ) BkMk Press, . . .

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