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Gratitude and Storytelling
The past is glibly overwritten, the present maliciously falsified, and we must fight back with the truth by sharing our stories. Read more
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Launch Day
The writer is greedy, demanding, insistent. Each word must lead the reader to the end of a sentence, a paragraph, a page. Read more
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Three Koreas
The harsh environment, the boys pushed hard by striving parents, the high expectations Koreans had for themselves and Peace Corps volunteers all made for an often grinding experience Read more
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Profile: Kathleen Stephens
“Let us hope that other nations will mobilize the spirit and energies and skill of their people in some form of Peace Corps.” President Kennedy, 1961 Read more
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Interview: On Writing Profiles
My writing routine: Anytime. Anywhere. Rumpled and rocking on trains or cramped on airplanes. You can’t be precious about where, when, and how you write. Read more
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From Oral History to Historical Narrative
I’m pulling back the curtain on process, sharing an excerpt of David Greenlee’s ADST oral history alongside the final narrative form from Profiles in Service. Read more
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