Yesalaam Guad

Tomorrow I'm interviewing writer John Coyne, founder of Peace Corps Writers, now under the umbrella of Peace Corps Worldwide, about his time in Ethiopia just after the founding of the Peace Corps, his life as a writer, and why telling stories is still so important for returned volunteers. And wouldn't you know it, there's a really cool quote from him in a Peace Corps Guyana Newsletter I helped edit 12 years ago, which I dug up recently for this project. Here it is in full, from "The Gaff" February/March 2001: