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Originally from Massachusetts, I worked as a staff reporter at the Charleston Daily Mail, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and Energy Intelligence in Washington DC. I also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Turkmenistan, and taught journalism at the American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan. I have an MA in international relations from the University of Chicago.

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	Daily Life in Turkmenbashy's Golden Age: A Methodologically Unsound Study of Interactions Between the Tribal Peoples of America and Turkmenistan 3.93 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life at the Edge of the Empire: Oral Histories of Soviet Kyrgyzstan 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love on the Road 2013 by Sam Tranum (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lois Kapila (Editor), Catherine Onyemelukwe (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love on the Road 2015: Twelve More Tales of Love and Travel by Sam Tranum (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lois Kapila (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	U is for Murder 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lat Does Not Exist: Oral Histories of Development-Induced Displacement in India by Sam Tranum (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lois Kapila (Editor), Nikhil Roshan (Photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Powerless: India's Energy Shortage and Its Impact 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traveling: A Coloring Book 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Powerless: India's Energy Shortage and Its Impact by Sam Tranum (2014-01-15) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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