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260. The Geography of Desire with guest Linda Gambill

August 20, 2026 • Raquel Howard and Jennifer Bolanos • Season 1 • Episode 260

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At the young age of 14, guest Linda Gambill decided that she wanted to join the Peace Corps. In her early 20s, Linda took the plunge and became one of the many Peace Corps volunteers in 1978. In her memoir, The Geography of Desire, Linda takes us along as she revisits her time in The Gambia. If you ever wanted to know what it's really like to be a volunteer in a foreign land, this is the episode for you.

Linda Gambill has been a therapist at a state psychiatric hospital, a Peace Corps volunteer, a nationally exhibited photographer, and a teacher of English as a Second Language. Her writing has appeared in Persimmon Tree and Parhelion Literary. The Geography of Desire is her first book. A fellow of the Hambidge Center, she lives in Tennessee with her husband and their talkative rescue cat.

Where to find Linda Gambill:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lindaVgambill/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindagambillwriter/

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