Archive - October 19, 2010

This article comes from UNLV’s Rebel Yell — American authors travel, write the world October 18, 2010 by Ian Whitaker Fifty years ago on Oct. 14, 1960, President John F. Kennedy laid the foundation for what would eventually become the Peace Corps. In celebration of the occasion, the Black Mountain Institute hosted their latest gathering on Thursday at the Doc Rando Recital Hall in Beam Music Center, with a panel of internationally recognized American writers. The topic for the night was “Writing the World: American Authors Looking Outward.” Headlining the event were writers Mary-Ann Tirone Smith, Peter Hessler, and Paul Theroux. The panelists were all former Peace Corps volunteers, born and raised in the United States, who developed their approach to life and writing through their experiences abroad. Writer and former Peace Corps volunteer Marnie Mueller moderated the discussion. Hessler, who taught English in China during the 1990s and later . . .

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