White lies / Paul Theroux -- Exile / Marnie Mueller -- Heroes of our stories / Mark Brazaitis -- Sun / Kathleen Coskran -- Easy in islands / Bob Shacochis -- Water-Girl / George Packer -- Guide / Melanie Sumner -- On the wheel of wandering-on / John Givens -- On Sunday there might be Americans / Leslie Simmonds Ekstrom -- Egg Queen rises / Mark Jacobs -- Mad dogs / Eileen Drew -- Ones left behind / Joan Richter -- Virgin twice / Karl Luntta -- Ma kamanda's latrine / Marla Kay -- American model / Terry Marshall -- Snow man / John Coyne -- Alone in Africa / Norman Rush.
Summary
Stories by members of the Peace Corps, recounting their adventures in the Third World.