ISBN: 0934971900
CALYX BOOKS
2006 - Paperback - 132 Seiten

This moving, rich cycle of linked poems journeys from Cambodia's ancient mythic times to the killing fields and to the UN presence during Cambodia's first free elections. It bears witness to the plight of the Cambodian people and to all who have endured holocausts. A beautiful and heart-wrenching collection. The reader viscerally experiences the sweet-sour tastes of both jungle fruits and blackened, dead potato patches the sights and sounds of the bombed Cambodian countryside and its fecund cities as well as the humanity of others and ourselves.

Storytelling in Cambodia includes an introduction by the celebrated Cambodian poet U Sam Oeur (author of Sacred Vows) and his translator Ken McCullough, who have worked together previously on Oeur's memoir Crossing Three Wildernesses (Coffee House Press).

Winner of over eleven poetry awards, Willa Schneberg has been described as a "bright new seer". Her second collection of poetry, In the Margins of the World (Plain View Press), was awarded the 2002 Oregon Book Award for Poetry. She is also a ceramic sculptor and photographer whose work has been widely exhibited. She works as a private practice clinical social worker and was a UN volunteer in Cambodia from 1992 to 1993.
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