There are a number of organizations whose members maintain a close affinity and appreciation for their work long after they have completed their time working together. One such organization is the Peace Corps, and this website serves as testimony to those shared bonds. Established by Peace Corps alums John Coyne and Marian Haley Beil, the Peace Corps Writers website combines reflections by different generations of fellow Peace Corps volunteers and a number of special pieces on the history of the organization. Visitors to the site can read the contents of the current issue (and archived ones as well), which include interviews with fellow travelers and their lives after the Peace Corps. Interestingly enough, each issue also contains reviews of books authored by others of their number. The historical articles should not be missed as they contain early editorials about the future of Peace Corps from the early 1960s and a piece on the experience of Paul Theroux as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi.
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