Americans Do Their Business Abroad: The Peace Corps Latrine Reader

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Americans Do Their Business Abroad:
The Peace Corps Latrine Reader

Editors: Jake Fawson & Steve McNutt
Pub Date: 12/01/2008
ISBN-13: 978-0982261903
Pages: 192

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Herein reside seventeen stories (and one poem) written by Peace Corps Volunteers from across the generations and across the planet. Such writing often brings expectations for a certain type of book (heartwarming, uplifting, nice). Many books give you that experience. And we like those books. They are good books. The world needs those books. This is not that book. Americans Do Their Business Abroad is a collection of stories a little too goofy, a little too personal (and maybe a little too gross) to belong anywhere else. Latrines. Goat eyeballs. Pickpockets. Whimsy. Wisdom. And arson in the name of hygiene. Enjoy.

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About the Editors

Jake Fawson
Jake was born and raised in the southern Utah desert surrounded by a hoard of siblings and a few goats. He currently lives and drinks in New Orleans. As Peace Corps Volunteers (2000-2002), Jake and his wife Sarah managed the early development of an eco-tourism project in Gabon's Lope National Park.

Steve McNutt
Steve served in Gabon from 2000 to 2002. He received his M.F.A. in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa where he was a post-graduate fellow with the International Writing Program. Currently, he's pursuing a Ph.D. in Language, Literacy and Culture, also at Iowa. His work has appeared in Lost magazine, the Des Moines Register, the Morning News, the Columbia Review and on National Public Radio's Weekend America: Iowa Edition. One of his essays was a finalist for The Florida Review's 2006 Nonfiction Prize. The next time Jake Fawson contacts him with an idea for a "quick project" he vows to leave the country and leave no forwarding address.