Not My History

I was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Likewise, my parents, their parents, and their parents’ parents were all born in the Mid-south region of the US (western Tennessee, northeastern Arkansas, northwest Mississippi, and the Missouri Bootheel). I spent my early years...

The Peace Corps at Home and Abroad

The question that invariably came up when folks who didn’t know me well learned I was producing a radio documentary honoring the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps was, “were you in the Peace Corps?” or, more presumptuously, “where (or when)...