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Mary Dana Marks

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Straight out of the University of Illinois, I joined the Peace Corps, which sent me to Iran, a place more different than I could have imagined. My years there, during the height of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s reign, impacted the way I view the world. Decades later, Iran dominates the news, but its portrayal by the mass media doesn’t reflect the heart and beauty of the place I experienced. I hope in some small way my memoir will deepen the discussion about this important, misrepresented country.
A professional librarian, I spent much of my career as library director for the Museum of the American Indian in New York, my writing directed toward grant proposals and journal articles. During this time I edited the award-winning Native America in
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Mary Dana Marks I had always wanted to write about my time in the Peace Corps in Iran. Having the time to devote to this was a real motivator.
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