Introduction
Stephanie Elizondo Griest

The Suffer Fest
Mary Caperton Morton
ECUADOR

Not-Surfing New Zealand
Colette O’Connor
NEW ZEALAND

The Heat-Seeker
Alison Stein Wellner
GERMANY, INDIA, HONDURAS

In the Half-Light
Jen Percy
RUSSIA

Design a Vagina
Johanna Gohmann
IRELAND, ENGLAND

Bosnian Blues
Landon Spencer
CROATIA

Chopping Herbs, Grinding Saffron
Beebe Bahrami
IRAN, USA

Woman in the Wild
Laura Katers
CANADA

The First Day
Jennifer De Leon
GUATEMALA

Winter with the Dogs
Erika Conner
INDIA

Angel of Repose
Marcy Gordon
ITALY

Siliguri
Megan Lyles
INDIA

To Italy, for Family
Valerie Conners
ITALY

The Moustache Brothers of Mandalay
Shauna Sweeney
BURMA

Breaking Frontiers
Maliha Masood
PAKISTAN

Language Lessons
Christine Buckley
VIETNAM

Holy in the Land
Deborah Milstein
ISRAEL

White Lady Scrubbing
Sara Bathum
ETHIOPIA

An Ode to B-Cups
Heather Poole
NETHERLANDS

Bali Birth
Liz Sinclair
INDONESIA

Tea in Kabul
Diane LeBow
AFGHANISTAN

I Regret Eating the Caterpillars
Kendra Greene
SOUTH KOREA

Desert Queen
Diane Caldwell
JORDAN

Madonna and Mr. Hu
Kellen Zale
CHINA

Riding the Rails with Mother Theresa
Laurie Weed
BURMA

Wanderlust
Elisabeth Eaves
AROUND THE GLOBE

Viajera Loca
Marisa Handler
ECUADOR

Acknowledgments