Poetry
Articles and Prose
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Kelly Stoner in Tanzania, Part 2
June 17 he Land Rover growls and grumbles as we bounce over gullies and ditches, the hum of the engine scattering songbirds when we pass…
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Marissa Knodel in Oregon
he next time I am asked whether I can be an advocate for people and places with the least information, access to, and ability to…
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Sonali Bhasin in New York
At 3 am on Sunday morning, while waiting for the 2 train to make an appearance at a crowded platform in Brooklyn, I sat down…
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Carina Roselli in Iraq
After an amazing whirlwind honeymoon through Italy, my husband and I hastily parted ways at the Turkish Airways terminal of Rome’s Fiumicino Airport. Our goodbye…
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Tess Croner in Rwanda, part 2
I’m writing from Gisakura, in the tea fields just outside Nyungwe National Park in Rwanda. I’m two weeks into my internship with the Wildlife Conservation…
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Yufang Gao in Kenya
“Why do you want to protect the elephants?” A friend of mine asked me this on Weibo after the death of Bonsai, a 26-year-old mother…
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Kelly Stoner in Tanzania
The crowds seem to converge under the massive wood and tin structure looming ahead: the Arusha market. It is here that fresh fruits and vegetables,…
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Caitlin Doughty in Perú, Part 2
My days quickly molded to the local culture. I subsisted off of potatoes and coca tea and woke up and went to bed with the…
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Valerie Moye in India, part 2
June 9, 2013 Delhi Slum Neighborhoods On our second day in Delhi, the US PIRE students learned firsthand about the social and public health implications…
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Valerie Moye in India
June 2, 2013 Yamuna River Tour The US contingent of this summer’s PIRE participants arrived in Delhi on the evening of May 31. We spent…
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Caitlin Doughty in Perú
Greetings from Cusco, Perú mis amigos de FES! I am in here to conduct research, though what that entails exactly becomes less and less clear…
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Tess Croner in Rwanda
Hi FES! I’m writing after my first week in Rwanda, where I’ll be spending the summer—first as part of a study tour led by Amy…
