Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Lavinia Spalding

LOST AND LIBERATED

Kimberley Lovato

FRANCE

THE RUNAWAY

Ann Hood

TIBET

BRIDGE ON THE BORDER

Molly Beer

EL SALVADOR/GUATEMALA

TWENTY YEARS AND COUNTING

Marcia DeSanctis

FRANCE

LEARNING TO PRAY

Angie Chuang

AFGHANISTAN

BENEATH THE SURFACE

Lucy McCauley

USA

STORMING THE CASTLES

Susan Orlean

FRANCE

RIVERDANCE

Laurie Weed

LAOS

WHAT WE DO AFTER GUNFIRE

Jocelyn Edelstein

BRAZIL

SIDECAR SALLY

Carrie Visintainer

MEXICO

TAKING THE OARS

Bridget Crocker

ZAMBIA

ROOT-BOUND

Marcy Gordon

ITALY

OF MONARCHS AND MEN IN MICHOACÁN

Meera Subramanian

MEXICO

A THOUSAND SIMPLE STEPS

Amber Kelly-Anderson

CHINA

THE KIWI HUNT

Jennifer Rose Smith

NEW ZEALAND

THE THREADBARE ROPE

Carol Reichert

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

CLIMBING VAEA

Catherine Watson

SAMOA

THE INTERNATIONAL EXPIRATION DATE

Sarah Katin

OMAN/ABU DHABI

OUR OWN APOCALYPSE NOW

Haley Sweetland Edwards

VIETNAM

I THINK I MUST BE BEAUTIFUL

Blair Braverman

NAMIBIA

PASSION AND PIZZA

Layne Mosler

ARGENTINA

BONES SURFACING IN THE DIRT

Lauren Quinn

CAMBODIA

MARE’S MILK, MOUNTAIN BIKES, METEORS & MAMMARIES

Kirsten Koza

KYRGYZSTAN

LETTING GO ON THE GANGES

Kristen Zibell

INDIA

BIRTHRIGHT

Emily Matchar

ISRAEL

SPIRAL-BOUND

Kate McCahill

INDIA

MEAT AND GREET

Abbie Kozolchyk

VIETNAM

DEATH AND LOVE IN KENYA

Anena Hansen

KENYA

DANCE OF THE SPIDER WOMEN

Laura Fraser

ITALY

ON THE MACAL

Mary Jo McConahay

BELIZE

HOLIDAY CAMP

Martha Ezell

ENGLAND

TONGUES AND ARROWS

Jessica Wilson

FRANCE/SPAIN

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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