January 31, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Boston Globe: "There's no more gifted and exciting young writer in America than Tom Bissell."
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January 31, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Boston Globe: "There's no more gifted and exciting young writer in America than Tom Bissell."
"There's no more gifted and exciting young writer in America than Tom Bissell."
"There's no more gifted and exciting young writer in America than Tom Bissell."
Americans in foreign lands
Dave Eggers is one of America's most gifted and exciting young writers. So what does Dave Eggers have to say about Tom Bissell? "There's no more gifted and exciting young writer in America than Tom Bissell." Kirkus Reviews even tosses the term "almost Dostoyevskian" Bissell's way, and we remember from our college reading that that's darn fine praise. Bissell's "God Lives in St. Petersburg" is a series of six short stories, all of them finding Americans abroad not exactly being happy tourists. For instance, a journalist finds himself stranded in wartime Afghanistan as he tries to seek medicine for a sick colleague; a young man returns from a stint in the Peace Corps to find his relationship with his girlfriend has radically changed; the son of an American ambassador loses himself in the underworld of a Central Asian city. Bissell (inset) joins Newtonville Books for its "Books and Brews" series tonight. The free reading and signing starts at 7:30. Then, amble on down the road to Ariadne, where you can partake of literary discussions and quaff one or two with the author.
Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St., Newton, 617-244-6619.Ariadne, 344 Walnut St., Newton, 617-332-4653.
When this story was posted in January 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:
| RPCVs mobilize support for Countries of Service RPCV Groups mobilize to support their Countries of Service. Over 200 RPCVS have already applied to the Crisis Corps to provide Tsunami Recovery aid, RPCVs have written a letter urging President Bush and Congress to aid Democracy in Ukraine, and RPCVs are writing NBC about a recent episode of the "West Wing" and asking them to get their facts right about Turkey. |
| Ask Not As our country prepares for the inauguration of a President, we remember one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century and how his words inspired us. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." |
| Latest: RPCVs and Peace Corps provide aid Peace Corps made an appeal last week to all Thailand RPCV's to consider serving again through the Crisis Corps and more than 30 RPCVs have responded so far. RPCVs: Read what an RPCV-led NGO is doing about the crisis an how one RPCV is headed for Sri Lanka to help a nation he grew to love. Question: Is Crisis Corps going to send RPCVs to India, Indonesia and nine other countries that need help? |
| The World's Broken Promise to our Children Former Director Carol Bellamy, now head of Unicef, says that the appalling conditions endured today by half the world's children speak to a broken promise. Too many governments are doing worse than neglecting children -- they are making deliberate, informed choices that hurt children. Read her op-ed and Unicef's report on the State of the World's Children 2005. |
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