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• January 6, 2006: Headlines: Figures: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Iraq: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Tom Bissell tries to divine the current U.S. strategy against the insurgency in Iraq  Monday, January 16, 2006 - 5:45 pm [1]

• October 19, 2005: Headlines: Figures: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: ChristianityToday.com: Tom Bissell writes new introduction to John Gardner's novel October Light Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 10:28 pm [1]

• July 6, 2005: Headlines: Figures: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Bookslut: Bookslut reviews RPCV Tom Bissell's "God Lives in S. Petersburg"  Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 3:57 pm [1]

• May 19, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Safety and Security of Volunteers: Blogs - Uzbekistan: Personal Web Site: PCV Dee Warren says: I have decided to close down this blog for the foreseeable future in the interest of Peace Corps as an institution, and the service of the PCVs who continue to serve in Uzbekistan.  Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 3:26 pm [1]

• January 1, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan : Writing - Uzbekistan : New Leader: Tom Bissell, young as he is, up-to-the minute in subject matter and anointed with po-mo glamour by his connection with McSweeney and his cover quote from Dave Eggers, is nevertheless a traditional writer, a master of the well-made slice-of-life Sunday, June 26, 2005 - 3:24 pm [1]

• April 22, 2005: Headlines: Figures: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Euraisianet.org: Tom Bissell, who got to know Central Asia as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1996, writes about the region with the type of clarity and intensity that suggests a close attachment  Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 9:30 pm [1]

• April 16, 2005: Headlines: Figures: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Bookstandard: There's not much sea left on the steppes of Central Asia, the setting of Tom Bissell's lively memoir Chasing the Sea  Sunday, April 17, 2005 - 6:39 pm [1]

• February 27, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: New York Times: The narrator of ''Chasing the Sea'' was edgy and garrulous, if always engaging. In ''God Lives in St. Petersburg,'' Tom Bissell reveals himself to be not only a subtle craftsman but also a mordant observer of a new generation lost in a complex and dangerous world  Saturday, February 26, 2005 - 6:18 pm [1]

• February 13, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: San Fransisco Chronicle: In 1996, the writer Tom Bissell had the good fortune to be sent to the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan to teach English as a Peace Corps volunteer. Or so it seems today. Bissell ended up cutting short that tour of duty, but it ignited his fascination with Central Asia, which brought him back there in 2001, and has inspired and haunted much of his smart, engaging and prolific writing ever since.  Friday, February 18, 2005 - 9:01 pm [1]

• January 31, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Boston Globe: "There's no more gifted and exciting young writer in America than Tom Bissell."  Friday, February 04, 2005 - 6:56 pm [2]

• December 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Vietnam: Harper's: A father and son return to Vietnam by Uzbekistan RPCV Tom Bissell  Friday, January 28, 2005 - 8:39 pm [2]

• January 13, 2005: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Village Voice: Although Tom Bissell himself served a brief hitch in the Peace Corps, his characters in "God Lives in St. Petersburg" are seriously altruism-challenged  Saturday, January 15, 2005 - 12:00 pm [1]

• December 30, 2004: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Random House: RPCV Tom Bissell releases second book - God Lives in St. Petersburg  Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 3:44 pm [1]

• September 24, 2004: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Environment: EurasiaNet: Review of Tom Bissell's Chasing the Sea  Saturday, October 02, 2004 - 3:27 pm [1]

• May 9, 2004: Headlines: COS - Uzbekistan: Writing - Uzbekistan: Albany Times Union: Peace Corps Writer Tom Bissell probes the souls of hard places Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 9:49 pm [1]

• April 1, 2004 - eye weekly: Down and out in Uzbekistan with RPCV Tom Bissell  Thursday, April 01, 2004 - 5:29 pm [1]

• January 25, 2004 - Boston Globe: Review of RPCV Thomas Bissell's Chasing the Sea  Friday, February 27, 2004 - 1:53 am [1]

• February 20, 2004 - Moscow Times: RPCV Tom Bissell points out the contradictions in the legacy that the Soviets left behind in Uzbekistan  Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 9:05 pm [1]

• January 25, 2004 - Ann Arbor News: Disappearance of Aral Sea leads Uzbekistan RPCV Tom Bissell on trail of discovery  Monday, January 26, 2004 - 6:30 pm [1]

• December 17, 2003 - Justin Charles Books: Excerpt from "The Ambassador's Son" by Uzbekistan RPCV Tom Bissell from Wild East: Stories from the Last Frontier  Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 4:14 pm [1]

• December 17, 2003 - Justin Charles Books: The Ambassador's Son by Uzbekistan RPCV Tom Bissell from Wild East: Stories from the Last Frontier  Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 10:00 am [1]

• December 6, 2003 - New York Times: RPCVs Tom Bissell and Sarah Erdman write about Uzbekistan and Ivory Coast  Sunday, December 07, 2003 - 7:59 am [1]

• November 16, 2003 - Richmond Times-Dispatc: Uzbekistan RPCV Tom Bissell writes on the Aral Sea Friday, November 21, 2003 - 1:52 pm [1]

• October 22, 2003 - Minneapolis City Pages: Uzbekistan RPCV Tom Bissell writes Chasing the Sea' - a postcard sent from a new wasteland  Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 1:36 pm [1]

• October 19, 2003 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : RPCV Tom Bissell writes "Chasing the Sea," a fantastic memoir of traveling through the former Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan  Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - 10:08 am [1]

• October 13, 2003 - Washington Post: A Nose for Experience with Uzbekistan RPCV Tom Bissell  Monday, October 13, 2003 - 5:16 pm [1]

• September 19, 2003 - Salon: RPCV Tom Bissell flies into Tashkent  Monday, April 11, 2005 - 6:09 am [2]

Hello,
I was just writing to ask if Peace Corps hire people in Uzbekistan?
Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Ms. Feruza T