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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
ST. VINCENT
Swimming in the Volcano
Bob Shacochis (St. Vincent [Eastern Caribbean] 1975–76)
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1993; Grove/Atlantic, Inc, 2004
Peace Corps novel
Samoa
My View from the House by the Sea
Donna Marie Barr (Samoa 2007-2008)
Independently published 2021
Peace Corps memoir
SENEGAL
Running in Flip–flops
Abigail Fay (Senegal 2007–09)
Peace Corps Writers, 2011
Peace Corps novel
Heat, Sand, and Friends
Allen W. Fletcher (Senegal 1969–71)
Worcester Publishing Ltd., 2019
Peace Corps short stories
From Kalamazoo to Timbuktu
Paul Guenette (Senegal 1975-79)
Booklocker.com, Inc., 2021
Memoir with portion on the Peace Corps
The Fourth Glass of Tea: A Story of Loss and Revival through Remembrance
Deborah A. Hahn (Senegal 1973–75)
Independently published, 2021
Peace Corps memoir
African Son
William J. Hemminger (Senegal 1973–75)
University Press of America, 2012
Peace Corps Memoir
From Kabul to Dakar: Peace Corps Stories from the Rossmoor News
Douglas Hergert (Afghanistan 1974–76, Senegal 1976–79)
Independently published, 2014
Peace Corps true stories
Roller Skating in the Desert
Leita Kaldi (Senegal 1993–96)
Publish America, 2007
Peace Corps memoir
A Thousand Points of Light
Marc-Vincent Jackson (Senegal 1986-89)
Page Publishing, 2021
Peace Corps novel
Under the Neem Tree
Susan Lowerre (Sengal 1985–87)
Permanent Press, 1991; University of Washington Press, 1993
Peace Corps memoir
Easter Vigil
Ann Neelon (Senegal 1978–79)
Anhinga Press, 1996
Peace Corps poetry
The Giant Tangerine Sunball: Poems from a Peace Corps Volunteer
Katie Speicher (Senegal 2016-2018)
Peace Corps Writers, 2021
Peace Corps poetry
The Wretch Unsung
Eric T. Stafne (Senegal 1994–96)
Aventine Press
Peace Corps novel
Rice and River Fish: A Peace Corps Memoir
Adam Strubeck (Senegal 2019–20)
Independently published, 2020
Peace Corps memoir
Polite Society
Melanie D. Sumner (Senegal 1988–90)
Houghton Mifflin, 1995
Peace Corps short stories
What Sahel Am I Doin’ Here?: 30 Years of Misadventures in Africa
Steve Wisecarver (Senegal 1976–78; Staff/ CD Madagascar, CD Kenya 2008–2013)
Booklocker.com, 2018
Peace Corps true stories
SIERRA LEONE
Volunteers in the African Bush: Memoirs from Sierra Leone
David Read Barker (Sierra Leone 1965–67), editor
Dog Ear Publishing, 2013
Peace Corps memoir collection
Softball, Snakes, Sausage Flies and Rice: Peace Corps Life in 1960s Sierra Leone
Philip Fretz (Sierra Leone 1967–69)
Independently published, 2013
Peace Corps memoir
Reaching Out
Rainette Bannister Holimon (Kenya 1974–77; Sierra Leone 1990–91)
iUniverse.com, 2001
Peace Corps memoir
Be Steadfast: A Peace Corps Journey in Sierra Leone
Bryan J. Meeker (Sierra Leone 2010–12)
Independently published, 2019
Peace Corps memoir
My Heart Is Like a Cabbage: A Peace Corps Memoir
Gerald David Mills (Sierra Leone 1962–64)
Independently published, 2015
Peace Corps memoir
From Freeborn to Freetown & Back
Patrick R. O’Leary (Sierra Leone 1966–68)
Peace Corps Writers, 2016
Peace Corps memoir
Hang In There: My Journey of Service Living in Caribbean and West African Cultures
Elizabeth J. Quinn (Jamaica 1985–88, Sierra Leone 1989–90)
Independently published, 2005
Peace Corps memoir
Into Africa with the Peace Corps . . . Sierra Leone in the ’60s
Sue Sadow (Sierra Leone 1961–63)
Beaumont Books, 1986
Peace Corps memoir
The Peace Corps, Sierra Leone, and Me
Norman Tyler (Sierra Leone 1964–66)
Independently published, 2015
Peace Corps journals
SOLOMON ISLANDS
On the Brink of Paradise: From Tetons to Tropics
Kim McMahill (Solomon Islands 1994–95)
Buy Books on the web.com, 1999
Peace Corps memoir
Life as a PCV in the Federated States of Micronesia
Steve C. Smith (Solomon Islands 1979–80) co-author with Carol Coleman
Development Through Self–Reliance, 1986
Peace Corps memoir
SOMALIA
The Last Camel: True Stories about Somalia
Jeanne Martha D’Haem (Somalia 1968–70)
Red Sea Press, 1997
Peace Corps creative non–fiction
The Toughest Peace Corps Job: Letters from Somalia, 1969
Jim Douglas (Somalia 1969–71)
Inkwater Press, 2015
Peace Corps letters
Somalia: Short Fiction
Martin R. Ganzglass (Somalia 1966–68)
Peace Corps Writers
Peace Corps short stories
The Mystical Land of Myrrh
MaryAnn Shank (Somalia 1967–69)
Dippity Press 2019
Peace Corps short stories
Baadiye Iyo Beled: The Interior and the City in Somalia
Tom Smoker (Somalia), photos; Eugene Rome (Somalia), design; John Johnson (Somalia), poetry & translation; Muusa Galaal, script & translation; B.W. Andrzejewski & Margaret Laurence, translation
American Peace Corps, 1969
Peace Corps memoir with photos, poetry and text
SOUTH AFRICA
Power Lines
Jason Carter (South Africa 1998–2000)
National Geographic Society, 2002
Peace Corps memoir
Dancing with Gogos: A Peace Corps Memoir
Gary P. Cornelius (South Africa 2012-13 )
Peace Corps Writers
Peace Corps memoir
Inside Outside: A Retiree’s Peace Corps Journal from South Africa
Sydney Kling (South Africa 2001–03)
Kling, 2007
Peace Corps memoir
Run Umlungu!
Zachary J. Madewell (South Africa 2010–12)
Independently published 2014
Peace Corps memoir
Baadiye Iyo Beled: The Interior and the City in Somalia
Tom Smoyer (Somalia), photos; Eugene Rome (Somalia), design; John Johnson (Somalia), poetry & translation; Muusa Galaal, script & translation; B.W. Andrzejewski & Margaret Laurence, translation
American Peace Corps, 1969
Peace Corps photos, poetry, memoir
Lasso The World: A Western Writer’s Tales of Folks Around the Globe
Starley Talbott Thompson (South Africa 2001)
Plainstar Press, 2004
Peace Corps memoir
SOUTH KOREA
see Korea
SRI LANKA
Serendib
Jim Toner (Sri Lanka 1989–91)
University of Georgia Press, 2001
Peace Corps memoir
SWAZILAND
see Eswatini