In his 2001 review of Loung Ung's First They Killed My Father, a testimonial on the
Cambodian genocide, Cambodian American reviewer Sody Lay employs strong language …

Abstract In “Writing Trauma, Writing Life in Chanrithy Him's When Broken Glass Floats,” I
discuss Him's autobiography within the context of recovery narratives, where survivors of …

The first time I went to Cambodia was in the summer of 2013, just after I graduated from
college. I travelled to Siem Reap to participate in a volunteer arts education program for …

Cambodia's extensive landscape of translation covers two thousand years of history. This
chapter foregrounds the impact of two significantly disruptive “foreign” languages shaping its …

In 2011 the Cambodian American Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial opened an
exhibit on the Khmer Rouge period (1975–79), entitled Remembering the Killing Fields. 1 …

Abstract Following the 1975-1979 genocide, Cambodian survivors in exile appropriated
land, funded and established clear physical boundaries to house sacred religious …

Between April 1975 and January 1979, an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians died from
starvation, overwork, disease, or execution during the rule of the Communist Party of …

The Ghostly Presence in Chanrithy Him's "Please Give Us Voice" Page 1 In closely reading
Him's poem, this essay discusses poetry of witness, ghosts and haunting, Cambodian refugees …

Literature, when written or performed correctly, can yield what Faulkner refers to as the
“pillars to help [us] endure and prevail.” It is this type of literature that we seek to excavate …

The author discusses his family's history as Chaozhou Chinese Cambodian Americans. He
describes the complex process of identity construction, and the powerful forces of history in …