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Lawyer, Ambassador, Twain Scholar: Donald Bliss
Time to head to the Pacific Islands and see what Peace Corps lawyers were up to in Micronesia in 1966. Read more
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Profile: Donald Bliss
Profiles in Service: Peace Corps Roots in American Diplomacy is now available and I’m reviving the practice of sharing memorable stories from the collection. Read more
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Notes from the Hibernation
In December I had a falling out with my publisher. The less said about it the better. Now I can announce that Arlington Hall Press will make Profiles in Service available this week. Link coming soon. Read more
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A Night of Despair and a Voice of Hope
This episode of SoftPower/FulStories, uncharacteristically in-the-moment, offers two hopeful voices paddling calmly, sanely, purposefully, across our current river of despair. The American dream ain’t dead. Read more
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A Blood Meridian Screenplay
The screenplay will be a pistol report, a gunshot echoing across the naked landscape of America’s mythic past and shattered future. Rebuilt. Enduring. Read more
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Rule of Light
Light progresses stingily now: pm stretches a minute a day from Jan 3-27, the sun’s arrival steady at 7:27 each morning from Jan 1-11. Read more
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