Memories and Insights

Memories and Insights is a legacy project of the Peace Corps Iran Association. This volume brings together thirty-one authors who served in the Peace Corps in Iran during the period from 1962 to 1976. Together their memories essays poems and travelogues create a picture of a culture with a long and storied history. How do Peace Corps Volunteers pick up on the classic Persian tradition of poetry? In this volume returned volunteers will demonstrate. Where is the sky orange at night? What was the significance of an Aerogramme? Multiple uses of a refrigerator? Skiing on barrel staves? Discover the answers within.